Retail & Commercial

JPMorganChase (JPM) has promoted a regional executive to lead its commercial banking unit that serves midsize businesses.

Monday marked the 150th anniversary of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a landmark the agency noted by touting its accomplishments.

Though regulators gave community banks an exemption for balloon mortgages, they carved out such a narrow definition that some banks would be forced to stop making them.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has persuaded a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that sought tens of thousands of dollars in overtime pay for its assistant branch managers.

Home equity lending remains miles away from growth, despite anecdotal evidence of a comeback and rising real estate prices that are fortifying loans already on the books.

A century and a half ago, the National Bank Act was born with a mission to promote a strong, vibrant national banking system. What it created was a dual banking system that has been meeting the changing needs of bank customers ever since.

Visa Inc. is teaming up with phonemaker Samsung Electronics Co. to provide a financial program to enable mobile handsets to be used like a credit or debit card.

A California man has been accused of running a scheme to prevent banks from foreclosing on properties.

The Treasury Department has begun an auction for its Troubled Asset Relief Program stake in nine more banks.

Huntington Bank (HBAN) is joining with Michigan State University to give fans of the school's football team a new way to show their pride.