Banking

Alice Frazier had been chief operating officer at Cardinal Financial, which was bought earlier this year by United Bankshares.

Sponsoring securitizations of the loans funded on its platform will give LendingClub more control over its reputation in the market and make it less beholden to direct loan buyers.

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in August in a decade-old case against the San Francisco bank that could cost it hundreds of millions in penalties and restitution.

Celebrating anniversaries, honoring veterans, helping out in the classroom and other ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.

The NCUA is letting federal credit unions securitize and sell assets. Such transactions would free up capital at credit unions, allowing them to make more loans.

The $201 million-asset CU has seen delinquencies rise from just $1.2 million at the end of 2015 to nearly $11 million at the end of March 2017.

The $2.6 billion-asset parent of TBK Bank is acquiring nine branches from Independent Bank Group.

Banks are making it easier to log in, adding expense trackers and simplifying payments as they try to get corporate clients to use mobile more.

Meridian had been looking to expand in certain Boston suburbs before agreeing to buy Meetinghouse Bancorp for $17.8 million.

Corporate One FCU has teamed up with San Francisco-based Roostify to provide CUs and CUSOs with a streamlined digital mortgage platform.

Before smartphones and digital wallets, a Georgia bank in the '90s partnered with a calling card provider to expand customer relationships and drive noninterest income.

The two companies have created a robo-adviser with financial literacy tools to help people understand the basics of investing as they assemble their first portfolio.

The company will also gain its first branches in New Mexico after it buys Peoples Inc.

The financial press opines on the Federal Reserve’s bank stress tests; the FT argues the Financial Choice Act is a “blatant attack” on shareholder rights and reduces bank corporate governance.

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The following are some of the noteworthy things we heard at American Banker’s Digital Banking 2017 conference held earlier this month in Austin, Texas.

The Canadian bank twice sweetened its bid for PrivateBancorp, raising the stakes. Now it must gain traction in the hypercompetitive Chicago market while hunting for more acquisitions.

ES Bancshares, which recently sold a branch near Poughkeepsie, plans to open second branches in the two boroughs.

Compliance, security and data analytics were the themes at this year’s New York FinTech Innovation Lab demo day.

Host Brett King talks to Bill Barhydt of Abra and Shachar Bialick of Curve.