Retail & Commercial

It's hard to believe but true: more than 700 banks maintained a pristine Camels 1 rating throughout the six-year period bracketing the financial crisis. New Fed research shows why.

The nation's biggest banks may be too big to fail but they enjoy little advantage when it comes to the cost of capital.

The death of branches appears to be greatly exaggerated, but they are changing. American Banker editors discuss how two banks that are leading the way, Wells Fargo and Umpqua, are downsizing and rejiggering their bricks and mortar presence.

Customers Bancorp sold $103.5 million of common stock in a public offering.

Toronto-Dominion Bank, the first Canadian lender to report second-quarter results, said profit rose 1.8% on record earnings from U.S. consumer lending.

The chief financial officer of Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, has left to take the same position at KeyCorp (KEY) in Cleveland.

Ally Financial (ALLY) agreed to pay $2.1 billion to avoid lawsuits by unsecured creditors of the auto-lender's bankrupt mortgage unit, Residential Capital, according to a court filing today.

Chemical Financial in Midland, Mich., has filed a shelf registration that allows it to sell up to $100 million of securities over time.

General Electric is considering spinning off parts of its finance unit through an initial public offering as Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt works to shrink the business.

A turn towards small local Bitcoin exchanges could keep the digital currency out of trouble while preserving the self-sufficient ethos of the Bitcoin community.