Retail & Commercial

The demand for information is the latest gambit in Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky’s attack on the online payday lending industry.

Lingering uncertainty over affairs in Washington should prompt caution among borrowers in coming weeks, bankers say.

Carolina Premier Bank in Charlotte, N.C., is planning to swap its state charter for a national bank charter and change its name.

The Federal Reserve Board has lifted enforcement actions against Parkway Bancorp in Harwood Heights, Ill., and Peoples Inc. in Lawrence, Kan.

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin (ABCW) returned to profitability in the third quarter, after restructuring its debt through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and getting $175 million in new capital.

New York regulators sent subpoenas to 16 online ‘lead generation’ firms suspected of deceptively marketing illegal payday loans in the state.

VSB Bancorp (VSBN) in Staten Island, N.Y., plans to delist from the Nasdaq and stop filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

American Momentum Bank in Tampa, Fla., is seeking regulatory approval to move its headquarters to College Station, Texas.

Arrow Global, a Manchester, UK-based buyer of delinquent debt from credit card companies and banks, posted a healthy increase in collections and earnings in the first nine months of 2013.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., has received approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy Roma Financial (ROMA) in Robbinsville, N.J.