Retail & Commercial

The price tags are high at many of the community banks that are for sale, and their deposits are unappealing, says James Rohr, the chairman and CEO of the Pittsburgh bank.

Visa Europe should match MasterCard's lower fees for credit cards to settle a European Union antitrust investigation, the EU’s antitrust chief said.

Taylor Capital Group's (TAYC) second-quarter earnings surged as mortgage banking revenue increased.

PacWest Bancorp (PACW) posted a 21% jump in second quarter earnings from a year earlier as significant expense reductions and acquisitions took hold.

Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., reported that it turned a profit for the first time in four years as noninterest income rose.

Consumer bureau, working in conjunction with OCC, orders Capital One to pay $210 million for deceptive credit-card marketing practices.

Profits at First Republic Bank (FRC) fell slightly in the second quarter as the San Francisco company took a one-time charge related to a stock repurchase and added more staff and locations to support its growth.

The Buffalo bank has seized on the disruption caused by the sale of HSBC's branches in upstate New York by luring away some business customers from rivals, CFO Rene Jones says. He also shares his outlook on M&A and interest rate risk tied to mortgages.

Shopkick's mobile rewards system has relied so far on small devices retailers install at their doors to signal to an app that a customer has visited in person. But for a giant like Macy's, those little devices can add up to a big headache.

The consensus around Friday's landmark credit card deal between retailers, Visa and MasterCard is there is no consensus. Click through for immediate - and often conflicting - reactions from bankers, retailers and informed observers.