Retail & Commercial

Amazon.com Inc. has added an in-app purchasing feature for games and other programs developed for the Web, Mac and PC.

A breakup perhaps has never ended so well as when the local investors bought out Capitol Bancorp's majority stake in three Colorado banks more than two years ago.

Flathead Holding Co. of Bigfork, Mont., has entered into an agreement with regulators to bolster its capital.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces the task of determining how the 2009 credit card reform law has influenced the cost of credit. Its conclusions will likely offer clues to its future rulemaking and spur further clashes between bankers and consumer advocates.

Higher fees powered PrivateBancorp (PVTB) in Chicago in the fourth quarter. The $14.9 billion-asset company's earnings rose 163% from a year earlier, to $20 million.

Seth Priebatsch, the 24-year-old founder and head of the mobile payment system LevelUp, has made his company a serious player in the emerging payments market — yet he also sports the less-than-serious job title of "chief ninja." The nickname, he explains, has much to do with his approach to running a business.

Federal regulators are partnering up to take a close look at whether banks provide collections agencies with sufficient evidence to back up demands that consumers repay debts. The action could result in a revamping of the multi-billion dollar business.

Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) in Marietta, Ohio, reported increased profit despite a shrinking net interest margin.

FirstMerit (FMER) in Akron, Ohio, posted stronger quarterly results largely because of higher fee income and lower expenses.

Federal regulators have hinted they'd like to toughen the rules governing the way banks collect delinquent consumer debt. Making them stick would likely prove challenging.