Retail & Commercial

Bankers and companies including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup praised landmark Supreme Court decisions that expanded federal benefits and struck down some restrictions on same-sex marriage.

Small business online service provider Web.com has incorporated MasterCard's digital wallet, MasterPass, into its offerings, enabling MasterCard to dramatically and quickly expand MasterPass' merchant base.

Alamogordo Financial Corp. (ALMG) in New Mexico has agreed to buy Bank 1440 (BFFO) in Phoenix.

One in five adults age 20 and older have student loan debt and more than half of them worry they may be unable to repay their obligations, according to a study from the Urban Institute's Opportunity and Ownership Project.

Signature Bank (SBNY) in New York City has hired a private-client team from Citigroup (NYSE: C) and added two more bankers to head its existing groups.

Banks have managed to sustain profit growth in recent quarters despite weak loan demand by refinancing large numbers of home loans and reducing loan-loss reserves. But those opportunities appear to be fading, which his raising concern about what will drive profits in the near term. Here's a look at what to expect for second-quarter results.

StoneCastle Financial is planning an initial public offering to raise up to $150 million for bank investments.

Bay Banks of Virginia in Kilmarnock plans to close a branch and begin offering mobile banking.

In an effort to simplify its mortgage process and improve compliance, BOK Financial (BOKF) in Tulsa, Okla., has chosen DocuTech's mortgage loan document software.

Avidbank Holdings (AVBH) in Palo Alto, Calif., has raised $16 million selling roughly 1.6 million shares of common stock in a private offering.