Retail & Commercial

Ellen Alemany said that CIT's deal for Mutual of Omaha Bank will immediately lower the bank's deposit funding by 20 basis points. She also reiterated that the acquisition would make CIT more attractive to potential buyers.

U.S. Bancorp is eliminating thousands of branch workers as it adjusts to changing customer preferences, according to a person briefed on the decision.

A majority of banks globally may not be economically viable because their returns on equity aren’t keeping pace with costs, the consultancy said in its annual review of the industry released this week.

The deal, which is expected to close in mid-2020, would create a company with nearly $18 billion of assets and more than $14 billion of deposits.

The new CEO is the first outsider to head the scandal-ridden bank in decades; Facebook CEO faces the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday to discuss Libra.

An analysis of industry data shows CUs are not the leader in that space they have long claimed to be. Here's why that could come back to bite institutions later on.

Complaints that banks, credit unions and nonbanks compete on an uneven playing field should be heard, just as community banks must take seriously the threats from high-tech rivals, says Julie Stackhouse, a retiring supervision official at the St. Louis Fed.

Declining interest rates took a toll on its profit margin, but the Salt Lake City company still beat earnings expectations in the third quarter.

The chairman acknowledged the timetable is "ambitious."

The credit card lender responded to the closing of Toys R Us stores last year by issuing Synchrony-branded cards to the retailer's customers. Now it's testing a general-purpose card with a wider array of clients.