Retail & Commercial

By turning to investors outside traditional banking, private-equity firms are finding it easier than ever to get loans to finance their buyouts of corporations that are nowhere close to being profitable.

The company will gain 34 branches and $1.2 billion in assets when it buys State Capital in Mississippi.

The decision to bring in Michael Doyle follows a quarter where the South Dakota company reported a spike in net charge-offs.

Royal Bank of Scotland promoted Alison Rose to chief executive officer, making her the first woman to run one of Britain's big four lenders.

CUNA Mutual Group found that loan balances increased by 6.6% for the year ending in the second quarter.

The Michigan company sold collateral tied to Live Well, a mortgage company that has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The company will buy TB&T Bancshares, which operates branches near Texas A&M University.

Readers react to plans by Democratic presidential candidates to reform college tuition, credit unions buying more banks, whether the next president could fire the CFPB head and more.

A first-in-the-nation bill that drew unanimous support from the state Senate failed to get over the finish line this year. What happened?

Mooney was the first woman to lead a top-20 U.S.-based bank. Gorman, the Cleveland company's vice chairman and president of banking, will replace her on May 1.