Retail & Commercial

Small banks have spent years shrinking their residential development portfolios, but a rebound in housing starts could bring more lenders back to that market.

When industries and business environments evolve, the best and brightest people and organizations in that industry will as well.

SunTrust Banks (STI) expects its heightened volume of mortgage refinancings to continue next year, even while other banks and industry analysts are projecting a slowdown.

Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan said the firm has plenty of capital and he's confident it will pass the next U.S. stress tests.

The $630 million-asset company has agreed to buy Potomac Mortgage Group in northern Virginia for $19 million in cash and stock.

While there are worries that an eventual rise in interest rates will hurt real estate prices, experts in multifamily housing also believe that the market's fundamentals are solid.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp (HEOP) in Paso Robles, Calif., has appointed a longtime financial manager as its chief financial officer.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any nastier between banks and credit unions, the credit unions are opposing a TAG extension that many small banks have been pushing for.

Isis, mobile-pay venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, has signed two deals that would allow consumers to use its Near Field Communication-based mobile wallet at vending machines that accept cashless payments.

Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren successfully beat out GOP incumbent Sen. Scott Brown securing herself a spot on the Senate Banking Committee.