Retail & Commercial

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) in Kansas City, Mo., posted stronger quarterly results because of higher card fees and loan volume.

PayPal Inc., pushing ahead with its drive to become the payment option of choice at the point of sale, has entered an agreement with hardware maker NCR Corp.

Jumio Inc. has released an Android version of its Netswipe Mobile technology for accepting card payments with a phone's camera.

The National Consumer Law Center released a 90-page report Tuesday calling for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make loan modifications mandatory in national servicing standards.

"We're open to partnering and playing with the existing networks, but not under the existing rule base," says Jamie Henry, senior payment director of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. "The existing rules that are in place for card-based payments are not going to be acceptable for mobile-based payments."

First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, N.Y., is recycling some of its real estate for the benefit of neighbors.

Mercantile Bank (MBWM) in Grand Rapids, Mich., posted another profitable quarter despite renewed efforts to purge bad assets.

If the JPMorgan Chase board docks CEO Jamie Dimon's compensation only for the London Whale’s trading loss, he should consider himself fortunate that they are so myopic.

An expansion to the south boosted profits at Washington Federal in Seattle in the fourth quarter.

The Basel III liquidity plan is the latest case of a global rule hostile to local realities.