Retail & Commercial

The measure, backed by liberal investment groups, would have required the company to release more information about its lobbying efforts. It grew out of Visa's involvement with a conservative group that lobbies at the state level.

Visa shareholders rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have required the nation’s largest card network to disclose publicly more information about its lobbying activities, according to the activist shareholder group behind the measure.

The valuation of United Bankshares' deal for Virginia Commerce — 1.8 times tangible book — is an encouraging sign for other sellers.

Several tech startups have made short-term credit the focus of their business models. But could a product so universally frowned upon ever achieve mainstream acceptance?

Fees on the prepaid cards that state governments use to distribute unemployment benefits have fallen significantly since 2011, according to a new report from a national consumer group.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency unexpectedly announced Wednesday that Michael Brosnan, its point man for large banks, was leaving his post to become examiner-in-charge of Zions Bank. The move was unusual and effectively a demotion.

The Minnesota bank is generating strong profits on its specialty lending, but is the run-up in its stock price a validation of that strategy or investors hoping that it will be acquired?

First Belleville Bancshares didn't buy First National Bank in Hays, Kan., because of the seller's accounts-receivable unit, though the business could prove to be a nice added value.

Earnings at State Bank Financial (STBZ) in Atlanta rose 2.2% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, to $9.3 million.

Revenue from mortgage lending boosted Bank of Hawaii (BOH) in the fourth quarter. Earnings at the $13.7 billion-asset company rose 2.6% from a year earlier, to $40.3 million.