Banking

ACNB Corp. in Gettysburg, Pa., is planning to enter Maryland with its agreement to buy New Windsor Bancorp in Taneytown, Md.

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Mobile apps that allow consumers to control their payment cards are becoming more popular as banks use payment security as a way to build customer relationships.

Ally Financial in Detroit has agreed to pay $52 million to settle probes and claims related to its role as the underwriter for subprime residential mortgage-backed securities in 2006 and 2007.

Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas, has agreed to buy Carlile Bancshares in Fort Worth, Texas.

As more Chinese citizens travel abroad, payment companies are lining up new products and collaborating with third parties to reach the growing market.

Bridge Bancorp in Bridgehampton, N.Y., is looking to raise $50 million by selling common stock.

Cody Wilson, inventor of the world's first 3D-printed handgun, has struggled to keep his radical business going after banks and payments companies repeatedly cut him off. His story offers an unusually detailed window onto the dynamics of de-risking.

Barclays is responding to consumer expectations of a smooth mobile experience in all venues by adding technology at ATMs.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit Monday against a Maryland company that allegedly targeted victims of lead paint poisoning and got them to sign away future settlement payments for immediate cash at a deep discount.

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis is giving veteran regional leader Pam Fansler an unusual retirement present: a chairmanship.

The philosophy boils down to “Think broadly, act locally.”

Distinct business plans in promising areas such as smart use of consumer data, cybersecurity and content creation, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch commercial banking executive Scott Olmsted. And that is just the beginning of his list.

Courage. Sexism. Culture. Banking's leaders discuss some of the powerful influences on their daily decisions and their vision for moving the industry forward.

A number of states still have a disproportionately high percentage of unbanked and underbanked citizens. Bankers in those states hope that financial education, along with efforts to promote checking accounts and small-dollar loans, will get more people into the banking system.

A bill looming in Congress would require the Internal Revenue Service to accept electronic transmission of lending-related forms, which could speed up the lending process by days.

One of the founding members of R3 CEV, the high-profile bank consortium developing commercial applications of distributed ledger technology for the financial industry, is leaving the alliance.

Pinnacle Financial in Nashville, Tenn., has sold $120 million in subordinated notes and will use the proceeds to retire existing debt and bolster its capital levels.

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The Federal Communications Commission has denied a request to exempt servicers from getting consent before robo-calling borrowers' mobile phones, rejecting arguments that the waiver would enable the mortgage industry to better help delinquent borrowers.