Retail & Commercial

Two trade groups publish new guidelines designed to help banks and processors stay out of authorities' crosshairs.

An big investor in SWS Group (SWS) has objected to the Dallas company's planned sale to Hilltop Holdings (HTH).

Four Oaks Fincorp (FOFN) in Four Oaks, N.C., could purge up to $50 million in assets with help from its newest investor.

Graduate school financing with high balances are driving the overall growth of the nation's student-loan debt.

After a year in which bankers have voiced steady opposition to the qualified mortgage rule, more than a third now say they will make non-QM loans in targeted markets, a major reversal from the industry's past stance.

Legislation in Louisiana aimed at making payday loans cheaper for borrowers failed Monday in a House committee.

Corporate fleet card payments company WEX has renewed its card services partnership with the pest control company Rollins through December 2018.

NorthSide Bank in Adairsville, Ga., has hired a new president and chief executive.

Solera National Bancorp (SLRK) in Lakewood, Colo., says it tried unsuccessfully to resolve a dispute with its biggest shareholder.

The National Association of Realtors estimates that the Federal Housing Administration's 1.35% annual premium stopped at least 125,000 renters from buying a home last year.