Banking

Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models.

The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio.

The loan product, which allows consumers retroactively to adjust a payment amount, illustrates how community-based institutions are trying to reach technologically savvy consumers.

The Ohio company's CRA rating took a hit after it inadvertently overcharged some customers.

The company, which is still recovering from two recent hurricanes, said it will voluntary comply with several key restrictions that were in the 2010 written agreement.

Rhode Island’s oldest CU is adding branches in the southern part of state, including purchasing former bank branches.

The big four core vendors have had little incentive to innovate in recent years. But newer competition will force them to update their technology if they wish to survive the digital age.

Cathy Bessant of Bank of America talks about the "nobility" of banking and how it helps change people's lives for the better.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Post-Equifax breach legislation draws bipartisan support; Circle's new blockchain payment system; More mobile pay incentives from India; Nacha's first API standards; Monzo runs out of cards.

New regulation could wipe out the business, some critics of the regulation say; Randal Quarles will be the Fed's first vice chairman for bank oversight.

The lawsuit against Navient Corp. demonstrates that despite the recent appointment of more industry-friendly regulators in Washington, financial services companies still face significant legal threats from state capitals.

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It's a question many banks are already confronting head-on as they implement new technologies designed to make compliance easier.

Equifax Inc. has seen no evidence that the cyberattackers who got access to sensitive information on 145 million U.S. consumers worked for the company, former Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith said.

The world of short-term lending was shaken up Thursday as one regulator issued a rule cracking down on payday loans while another made it easier for banks to offer an alternative product.

American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gathered Wednesday to celebrate honorees and to mix and mingle over cocktails at Milk Studios, with a panoramic view over Manhattan.

Metropolitan in N.Y. plans to use its IPO proceeds to fuel CRE and commercial loan growth

While disappointed with the CFPB's actions in recent years, bankers said they want to see a campaign platform before making a decision on the agency's director.

Bank of Montreal and Toronto-Dominion Bank are emerging as the banks of choice for Canada's burgeoning marijuana industry, even as some lenders shun the sector.

Many bank-driven responses to fintech startups are "force fitting" traditional services, and don't fully meet new consumers' demands for social interaction, writes Ted Bissell, global director for digital consulting at Axis Corporate.