Retail & Commercial

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to ask the legislature to revamp the current Department of Business Oversight and rename it the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, modeled after the federal CFPB.

Even in the face of soft loan demand, banks in the region have held firm on terms. That should position them well for the next economic downturn.

An examination of potential sources of upheaval for the financial industry and ideas on how to adapt.

Digital banking will become less visible because it will be embedded in other daily activities with the help of AI, voice interfaces and other emerging technologies.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union will nearly double its operations in Phoenix after it buys the locations.

The Anchorage-based credit union has agreed to purchase seven Phoenix-area branches from TCF, nearly doubling its presence in that market.

Patrick O'Brien had been CB Financial's president and CEO for about two years.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $80 million for the parent of USNY Bank.

Bank employees need to stop seeing new technology as a threat.

Fed proposal is at odds with the one offered by the FDIC and OCC; judge wants to dispel the “myth” that student loans can’t be expunged in bankruptcy.