Retail & Commercial

Viable restructuring alternatives to bank holding company debt do exist and will open the door to conventional M&A options or attract fresh equity.

Unable to find an acquisition or other expansion opportunity that it likes, Trinity Bank in Fort Worth, Texas, will pay a special onetime dividend to shareholders.

The new Bluebird prepaid card from American Express and Walmart could pose a threat to rival cards and checking accounts.

Flushing Savings Bank has filed an application with regulators to combine with its subsidiary, Flushing Commercial Bank, under a New York commercial bank charter.

Debit-card use grew over 2011 and 2010 for straightforward reasons: consumers wanted to reduce credit card debt and more merchants are willing to accept debit cards for small transactions.

MLV & Co. Financial has struck a deal to buy a stake in an investment advisor in Connecticut and promises more acquisitions to come.

A report that Square is near a deal to put its credit-card reader in more New York City taxis isn’t true, according to a statement from New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Proclaim the beliefs you would fight for – the essence of what differentiates your bank from others – then carefully ensure that every action, from your marketing, to your interactions and behaviors, matches those values.

Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will press on with a plan to cut more than 30,000 jobs as revenue stays flat.

Plastic cards or mobile phones remain popular devices for contactless payment technology developers, but the human wrist is not far behind.