Retail & Commercial

Coinbase, a Bitcoin digital wallet provider, has launched a microtransactions feature to allow its customers to transfer small amounts between accounts for free.

The national mortgage delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) continued its decline in 2013, dropping to 4.09% through the end of the second quarter, nearly 26% lower than the year-ago period. Since last quarter, the mortgage delinquency rate has fallen 10%.

Republic First Bancorp (FRBK) will allow customers to access funds at Allpoint Network ATMs without paying service fees.

BankFinancial (BFIN) in Burr Ridge, Ill., reported a decrease in quarterly profit because of lower net interest income.

Quarterly earnings at Meta Financial Group (CASH) in Sioux Falls, S.D., came in above analysts' estimates due to growth in revenue from loans and the company's payments system.

PayPal plans to fuel the expansion of its in-store payment system by using services from retail card loyalty and marketing company Alliance Data Systems.

Baylake (BYLK) in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has agreed to sell $26 million in deposits from two branches to 1st National Bank of Berlin in Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON — There are more than 7 million borrowers in default on federal or private student loans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Lawmakers have accused Raj Date, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's former No. 2, of lobbying his old employer and profiting from a mortgage rule he wrote. Yet ethics experts, and even some of those who formerly accused him of wrongdoing, now say the charges are bogus.