Retail & Commercial

Creating New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp will mean one fewer thrift but allows management the chance to preserve a type of institution that is threatened with extinction.

At age one, Occupy Wall Street is smaller and no more focused than in its early days. But its protests in Lower Manhattan this week show that among some, at least, anger toward banks continues to simmer.

Alliance Data says it will provide private-label credit card services to the retailer Talbots. It has also acquired the $145 million in receivables associated with Talbots' private-label credit card file.

Waypoint Real Estate Group, an investment firm focused on foreclosed homes in the U.S., has secured a $65 million loan from Citigroup (NYSE:C) to buy additional properties to turn into rentals.

Echoing elements of the mortgage robo-signing controversy, investigators are looking at whether JPMorgan Chase and other banks botched the documentation and amounts owed on credit card debts they sold.

Buffalo-based M&T is offering myriad alerts and customizations of alerts, including "do not disturb" windows in which the bank should leave the customer alone.

Underserved consumers need access to high-quality small loans from financial institutions that are based on sound underwriting and include tools for budgeting and saving.

As new banking standards come into focus, the debate rages on about whether they will strengthen the financial system or merely bury it in red tape.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntington Valley, Pa., is giving investors a chance to buy more of its stock after a planned public offering started sluggishly.

Square announced today that it has closed the Series D financing round that included Starbucks, among other investors.