Retail & Commercial

Officials in Florida, the largest force-placed insurance market in the U.S., are investigating whether banks get kickbacks from insurance firms when they buy the coverage for homeowners behind on their premiums, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says.

More than 200 web developers and designers pulled all-nighters in New York to build digital commerce applications over the weekend. The event yielded 37 innovative technology "hacks" in about 30 hours.

Despite the low number of prosecutions under Sarbanes-Oxley, crimes committed by banks have been punished with big fines. Too bad that's not enough to keep them from offending again.

International Bancshares (IBOC) in Laredo, Texas, posted lower quarterly earnings because of shrinking margins and changes in the regulatory environment.

No one affiliated with the Isis mobile payment initiative is saying exactly when the first testing in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas will begin, but the venture is steadily tying its remaining loose ends.

Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) in Bethesda, Md., has filed a new shelf registration that would allow it to raise up to $125 million.

Low prices and growth opportunities are luring mid-cap buyers from neighboring states to the failure-ravaged Southeast.

Citigroup is selling another of its Diners Club card-issuing businesses, this time unloading its operation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to Affiniture Cards, a UK-based private investor group.

London equals weak regulation. Self-regulation equals self-interested regulation. Libor is set in London, by banks, through self-regulation. Why all the shock and outrage when banks set it to suit themselves?

A small Kansas bank will significantly increase its assets with a deal for an even smaller Missouri bank.