Retail & Commercial

First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) in Baltimore swung to a loss as professional fees rose and mortgage banking income cratered.

The Occupy Wall Street protests a few years ago set the stage for the coming return of fair-lending gadflies like the "mother of CRA," Gale Cincotta.

Auto loans to the least creditworthy borrowers have rebounded, but they are still below the levels reached in the early- and mid-2000s, the New York Fed finds.

Cardinal Financial (CFNL) of McLean, Va., has promoted William T. "Bill" Mundy, an executive at its banking unit, to senior vice president and executive managing director of wealth services.

Experian Automotive announced Tuesday that quarterly vehicle repossessions dropped by 14.8% to achieve the lowest rate since it began tracking the data seven years ago.

The three largest shareholders of First BanCorp (FBP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are planning to sell approximately $189 million worth of shares.

Declining interchange revenue translates into consumers paying more for the products and services (that in many instances were once free), with no corresponding decrease in retailer prices.

A former Bank of America (BAC) executive whose work on mortgage bonds is the subject of lawsuits by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Justice Department was hired by Fannie Mae months after the claims began to surface.

Wells Fargo is forming an advisory board to strengthen its commercial banking presence in New England.

First National Community Bancorp in Dunmore, Pa., swung to a quarterly profit thanks to cost cuts and securities sales.