Retail & Commercial

Directors at community banks could also face more liability as regulations, including the qualified mortgage rule, are implementing in coming months

Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR) in Olney, Md., has named Ronda McDowell as chief credit officer of its bank.

U.S. consumers increased their debt in the third quarter by the largest amount since early 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is seeking $6.3 million in damages from three former directors of the failed Progress Bank of Florida in Tampa.

Gyft, a mobile gift card provider, has launched a loyalty system that gives different levels of rewards based on the funding method, favoring alternatives over credit cards.

Beleaguered bank JPMorgan Chase (JPM) shot itself in the foot with its own Twitter hashtag on Wednesday afternoon, demonstrating the many potential pitfalls for banks and other big corporations that try to harness Twitter for their own purposes.

A number of roll-up companies were built for an M&A market characterized by a torrent of failed banks, a dearth of available capital and lots of sellers. Things turned out much differently. Here's how one company, National Bank Holdings, has adjusted.

A class-action settlement between Old Line Bancshares (OLBK) in Bowie, Md., and shareholders of WSB Holdings has been approved by the Maryland circuit court for Prince George's County.

The $680 million-asset company said Wednesday that it launched Bankwell Investment Services after hiring adviser Louis Czerwinski from First Niagara Investment Services.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the first time failed to sell some of the soured mortgages it's auctioning off in the wake of the housing crisis, according to four people with knowledge of the results.