Retail & Commercial

Provident Bank in Montebello, N.Y., has recruited another team of lenders away from a rival bank as part of its broad plan to boost its commercial lending in the New York City area.

The new tool, Equifax says, monitors identities across dozens of industries and thousands of banks.

Mobile wallet rivals will need to put their differences aside and work together to get the technology off the ground, a recent paper says.

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Double-digit loan growth boosted the bottom line more than 20% at Signature Bank (SBNY) in New York.

The giant retailer has said it will oppose a swipe-fee settlement with Visa and MasterCard that was proposed earlier this month.

Wal-Mart said that it takes issue with the multi-billion dollar swipe-fee settlement the card networks proposed this month.

Synovus Financial (SNV) continued its comeback, reporting its fourth profitable quarter in a row.

RBS Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., has signed a referral agreement with brokerage Oppenheimer & Co., in a bid to boost its commercial lending to middle-market businesses.

Consumer advocates, regulators and others are encouraged when companies take a "we want to design the best product" approach rather than a "we want to meet a minimum threshold" approach.