Retail & Commercial

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's boss appeared before a House oversight subcommittee known for its hostility and got off surprisingly easy.

Strong loan growth at BankUnited (BKU) helped the Miami Lakes, Fla., company post higher second-quarter income and beat analysts' expectations.

A brand consultant recently suggested that more banks could put the financial crisis behind them simply by developing new logos and brands. Here are a few financial institutions that have reinvented themselves in recent years.

Kamal Mustafa, a former global head of M&A at Citibank who now helps to stress-test banks, fears another earnings crunch is coming and that bank valuations will sink lower than they are now.

Visa Europe may receive an antitrust complaint from European Union regulators over credit card fees, the EU's competition commissioner said.

Hovde Financial has hired two investment bankers, in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Chicago, as the community bank advisor braces for more deals.

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TSYS' net income rose in the second quarter by 24.4%, to $68 million, from a year earlier as it prepares for a strong pipeline of new accounts.

Bankers who want to cash out ahead of a potential hike in the capital gains tax next year need to act fast, M&A experts say.

The yield curve flattened and it showed in margins among the first wave of banks to post second quarter results. But a sizeable group used some remaining levers – like the retirement of trust-preferred securities – to buck the trend.