Retail & Commercial

A federal court has ruled that state regulators have the authority over online lenders that operate from Native American land.

August's reading provides more proof that the slowdown in mortgage activity is curbing overall growth in the banking industry.

Bank of America has officially finished swallowing Merrill Lynch. The country's second-largest bank on Tuesday merged its Merrill subsidiary into its main unit, almost five years after buying the investment bank at the height of the financial crisis.

National Bank Holdings Corp., a company formed in 2009 to buy failed banks, is planning to contract its branch network.

Giving the rest of our sales teams regular snapshots of factors that brought about star performances is far more useful than simply reporting who those star performers are.

New York's top banking overseer said any regulation of the nascent Bitcoin industry has to include transparency on who does the trading of the virtual currency, and if that hurts a business dominated by anonymous transactions, "so be it."

A lawsuit that accused GMAC Mortgage of taking kickbacks and overcharging homeowners on force-placed insurance policies has survived a motion to dismiss.

New Century Bancorp in Dunn, N.C., has agreed to buy Select Bancorp in Greenville, N.C.

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the largest U.S. home lender, agreed to an $869 million settlement with Freddie Mac to resolve repurchase claims on faulty loans sold to the government-backed firm before Jan. 1, 2009.

More than $5.4 million will be mailed to consumers and businesses who were victimized by a massive fraudulent operation that placed unwanted charges on their telephone bills.