Retail & Commercial

A small number of alternative financial services providers would be permitted to operate nationwide and on the Internet without adequate policing of their products for underserved consumers.

Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY) is warning investors about higher credit costs a month before its third quarter will end.

The acquisition will more than double the assets at C1 Bank, which has been an active acquirer in Florida since receiving backing by a group Brazilian investors.

Banks and the GOP, mortgage relief and more.

Dodd-Frank, aimed at restoring confidence in the so-called Wall Street banks, had a devastating effect on Main Street banks, and is now threatening their long-established role as the backbone of the American Dream.

A common criticism of daily-deals providers such as Groupon and LivingSocial is that merchants using those services generally don't always receive return visits or sufficient data to use in designing long-term customer-loyalty plans.

Ray Davis, the CEO of Umpqua Holdings, bounces back from his failed attempt to buy American Perspective in central California with a $25 million agreement for Circle Bank in Northern California.

Credit unions are giddy about a new NCUA rule that says advanced video terminals can be counted as full-fledged service facilities, providing a new way to compete with banks by attracting members in underserved areas.

A number of de novo banks, or those that are seven years old or younger, are facing long delays from regulators when it comes to amending their business plans to allow for bigger growth targets.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) has agreed to buy Griffis & Small, an energy advisory firm in Houston.