Retail & Commercial

Heartland Payment Systems will be a distributor of American Express Merchant Financing, a program that allows small businesses to obtain credit based on annual card processing volume.

Checking-account customers who live in the Northeast and Southwest are more likely to enjoy consumer-friendly services than their counterparts in the Midwest and some Western states, according to a new analysis from Pew Charitable Trusts.

Their approaches differ, but one thing many bankers agree on is that growth depends largely on how well they cross-sell wealth management products to borrowers and depositors.

Capital Bank Financial (CBF) in Coral Gables, Fla., will revise certain financial statements in its 2012 annual report to reflect a better-than-expected balance sheet tied to a bank it bought.

National Bank Holdings (NBHC) in Greenwood Village, Colo., has received regulatory approval for its bank to pay a $313 million dividend to the holding company.

Safeguard Properties on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss a fraud complaint by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan that seeks to bar the Cleveland property inspection company from doing business in Illinois because inspectors broke into occupied homes.

Recent legal settlements have compounded big banks' fears about pursuing M&A, U.S. Bancorp chief Richard Davis says.

The payments association’s proposal comes amid regulatory scrutiny of bank relationships with online lenders, and could affect financial institutions' dealings with a range of other industries.

Community Financial (TCFC) in Waldorf, Md., has named William Pasenelli, its president and chief financial officer, as its next chief executive.