Banking

N.B.C. Bancshares' deal for Bank of Cushing will give it two branches an hour outside of Tulsa.

The online small-business lender was aided by loan growth, wider margins and stable credit trends. Its shares surged by 25% after second-quarter earnings were announced.

Bank organizers are picking one another's brains about hiring decisions, applications and raising capital as part of the monthslong effort to secure charters.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Facebook wants more data from banks; Arizona opens a fintech sandbox; Alipay gets fined; Visa offers credit to small businesses.

But data privacy is likely to deter banks from partnering with the social media company; the online listings company wants to "reshape" the market.

The bank's predicament suggests that the Trump administration's hard-line stance on immigration can cause headaches for financial institutions.

Consumers' growing dependence on smartphones makes it all the more crucial to be prepared to do business where your members are.

Facebook is seeking customer data from big banks. Executives say it's not clear what the benefit would be, but the drawbacks are easy to tally.

Toyota Financial Services has promoted a company insider to replace Mike Groff, who is retiring at the end of this month.

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.

The bureau wants to encourage more innovation without the threat of enforcement, but observers say regulators also need a testing ground to prove they can regulate fintech.

The Washington-based credit union worked with the state chapter of the National Federation of the Blind to improve website accessibility.

The central bank's survey of loan officers said banks are easing their credit standards for commercial and industrial loans as competition heats up.

Bankers at Sonoma Valley Bank were convicted of bank fraud, money laundering and other offenses.

A $52 million-asset African-American-owned bank in South Carolina is hoping its efforts can be expanded to help underbanked consumers nationwide.

The three credit unions have assets of nearly $638 million and serve more than 53,000 members.

CommuterClub provides loans so consumers can purchase annual season passes online, instead of monthly or weekly passes and spread the cost over monthly installments.

Six months after the Federal Reserve put Wells Fargo on a strict diet — no more growth until it cleans up its act — shareholders are finding it’s not so bad.

With Blankfein retiring, the JPM chief will be the last crisis-era big bank CEO still in charge; earnings and big payouts are boosting bank equity prices.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay offers new incentives; Bids for Ofo; Aimia rejects Air Canada's bid; Patreon's payments problem.