Retail & Commercial

Small-business loans resulting from a government program jumped by 20% during the fourth quarter, with the Treasury estimating it has helped more than 38,000 total loans since it began nearly two years ago.

TV chef Jamie Oliver is the latest celebrity to lend his name to a payments product, tying his image to charity fundraising through Prizeo.

The debt collection industry is bracing for significant reform as collectors are scrutinizing their own practices ahead of the first set of examinations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has joined forces with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to take a local financial protection program nationwide.

Bank deal-making faces a new hurdle as a small group of attorneys challenges a large number of buyout offers. For the lawyers, even dubious challenges can result in big paydays. For potential acquirers, the added costs and hassles are another hurdle on the way to reinvigorating the still-struggling bank M&A market.

Charter Financial (CHFN) in West Point, Ga., has received shareholder approval to become a fully public firm.

Rising home prices and the ongoing quest for new revenues are prompting lenders to take a second look at a product that fell out of fashion following the housing bust.

SAN DIEGO – Navy FCU opened its first new branch of the year – and its first “green,” or LEED-certified branch – at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Obama administration to "repudiate" Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks suggesting some banks are "too big to jail."

First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) in Baltimore has revised downward its earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012.