Retail & Commercial

Independent Bank (INDB) in Rockland, Mass., reported a jump in second-quarter profit as interest revenue and fee income rose.

Republic Bancorp (RBCAA) is increasing its stake in the tax refund services business by buying the banking operations of H&R Block (HRB).

House Republicans unveiled plans to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that would largely remove the government from the housing market and restructure the FHA.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a regulatory order with Waterstone Financial in Wauwatosa, Wis.

Rocky Wirtz's championship NHL team, the Chicago Blackhawks, gets more press than his community banks, but they make more money.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized clarifications to its ability-to-repay and mortgage servicing rules Wednesday that include what lenders can use to calculate a borrower's debt-to-income ratio.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., is establishing a merchant-banking division led by two banking veterans.

Ask Roberto Herencia, the new chairman of Metropolitan Bank Group, about its well-placed ATM near one of the Windy City's most popular bars, and he'll probably smile.

Leslie Godridge, a corporate lending executive at U.S. Bank, was recently honored at a Wall Street fundraiser by the UJA-Federation of New York for her work in the arts and with Junior Achievement.

Fidor Bank AG, of Munich, has agreed to help Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH, an exchange operator, to speed trading of bitcoins and comply with regulatory requirements.