Retail & Commercial

Visa is putting some of its most sophisticated commercial card features within reach of small and mid-sized businesses that use credit cards to cover expenses.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

A Virginia Beach investment group has pulled the plug on its plan to buy a struggling bank in the Washington, D.C., suburbs.

Alleged panaceas abound for the banking industry's ills. Unfortunately, many are likely to prove less effective than advertised, cause collateral damage, or both. Here's a look at some of the most popular silver-bullet proposals and their shortcomings.

The high court declined to rule this week in a case involving the right of consumers to sue banks for failing to post ATM fees. That leads banks back to Capitol Hill in their quest for relief from a costly spate of nuisance lawsuits.

Even as American Express Co. seeks a less elite audience in the U.S. for its digital wallet and gift cards, its unit in Canada is aiming for the big spenders by boosting its platinum-level perks.

Cardinal Bankshares Corp. in Floyd, Va., has settled a dispute with a former executive it claims was conspiring with an investor to force its sale.

Google's most recent update to its mobile wallet's online pricing seems to stray from the product's focus at the point of sale. It's the latest in a series of twists and turns in Google's payments strategy.

To hear Dan Wagner tell it, one would think the CEO of London-based mPowa was ready to enter the ring for a prizefight against all comers in the world of mobile card-based payments.

With changes to capital standards looming, PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) is preparing to redeem $967.5 million in trust-preferred securities.