Retail & Commercial

Several companies and individuals have agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that ban them from selling business or work-at-home opportunities and require them to surrender assets to the FTC.

Regulation, succession planning and lending limits are huge issues, particularly for banks with $100 million or less in assets. As a result, more of those banks are taking a hard look at selling themselves.

A former executive of Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin (ABCW) in Madison has been charged with six counts of wire fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office in Madison said Wednesday.

North Shore Bank in Brookfield, Wis., bank celebrated its 90th anniversary by giving cash awards to three money management instructors. Find out why the bank has long had a soft spot for teachers.

First Business Financial Services (FBIZ) in Madison, Wis., is looking for a new chief financial officer.

Hamilton Bank (HBK) in Baltimore has poached three executives from CFG Community Bank in Lutherville, Md.

Remember when Hall of Famers Phil Rizzuto and Jim Palmer used to shill for The Money Store? Financial firms continue to rely heavily on high-profile endorsements. Following are some noteworthy examples.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the biggest U.S. bank, revised its gauge of market gains and losses to incorporate new regulatory requirements, resulting in a jump in the frequency of losses last year.

Everett Stern, who last year filed a lawsuit urging further U.S. investigation of his ex-employer HSBC, has decided to run for Congress on a platform of getting tougher on banks and cleaning up Washington.

Allowing merchants to set up recurring debits or pull money from a Bitcoin account seems in conflict with the Bitcoin protocol itself, which was built for push transactions, allowing consumers to have a better handle on what payments they make. But pull transactions are just what a partnership between Coinbase and Balanced will enable.