Retail & Commercial

In a victory for small retailers, a federal court in New York has ruled that merchants in the state may add swipe-fee surcharges on purchases made by credit card instead of cash.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $1.4 million fine against a large third-party processor for debt relief companies proved that firms can no longer hide in the intricate debt collection stream.

Birds, hot tubs, carousels and more. These are among the images that Beneficial Mutual in Philadelphia used in creative ads to promote financial education and attract customers.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Jerome Powell said Thursday the agency is planning to launch a new supervision program for community banks next year.

WSFS Financial in Wilmington, Del., holds the picture contest to engage customers and employees while highlighting improvements to its mobile banking.

Dorothy Savarese knows as well as any community banker the frustrations from mounting regulation. Empirical studies can illuminate compliance burdens — and their broader consequences — for policymakers, the Massachusetts thrift executive says.

We should instead preserve the right of consumers to choose the products and features that best provide for their family’s daily financial needs, not force them into limited and costly alternatives.

Fox Chase Bancorp in Hatboro, Pa., has won permission to ditch its federal charter.

For the first time in the history of a survey conducted by the American Bankers Association, mobile banking outranked telephones and snail mail in popularity.

The chief operating officer of CCFNB Bancorp in Bloomsburg, Pa., plans to retire.