Retail & Commercial

Instead of its just releasing out-of-court agreements on request, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has devoted an area of its website for posting settlement documents that will be updated regularly.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., said Tuesday that it had opened a branch in Alexandria, Va., marking its sixth branch in the state.

The Federal Reserve Board has taken action against a Midwest banking company.

Huntington Bancshares announced Tuesday that it has exceeded its three-year pledge to lend $4 billion to small businesses across its six-state footprint.

First Financial Corp. (THFF) of Terre Haute, Ind., is buying seven branches and two drive-up locations in Illinois from Bank of America (BAC).

A unit of SVB Financial Group (SIVB) in Santa Clara, Calif., plans to raise $300 million for a venture capital fund.

BankUnited, the Florida bank led by John Kanas, has hired two of his former colleagues at Capital One — Joe Roberto and Kelly Sheehan — to run its nascent operation in the Big Apple.

Genesco's $13 million lawsuit against Visa Inc., filed last week in a Tennessee court, has a similar ring to it as a countersuit Cisero's Ristorante and Nightclub in Park City, Utah filed last year against its acquiring bank and processor.

Mary Jo White, Obama's nominee to head the SEC, received near-unanimous support from the Senate Banking Committee during a vote Tuesday morning, while backing for Richard Cordray, director of the CFPB, was split as expected along party lines.

HomeStreet (HMST) in Seattle may be nearing an exit from a cease-and-desist order after paying an important debt.