Banking

The Treasury Department has recently solicited input on how to improve marketplace lending. Here are four ways to help improve access to credit.

The Illinois company has lined up two small acquisitions near Chicago to surpass $10 billion in assets, a mark that brings added regulatory oversight. As a result, analysts expect First Midwest to string together more deals in 2016 to increase revenue and improve efficiency.

East West Bancorp has been placed under an enforcement action for anti-money-laundering compliance weaknesses, as it continues a plan to spend an estimated total of $12 million on program upgrades.

New York City landlords would be banned from checking credit scores to decide whether to rent to would-be tenants under a bill introduced in the City Council.

The competitive environment has raised the importance and profile of marketing, but many banks are still trying to market themselves on a shoestring budget.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., has agreed to buy NI Bancshares in Sycamore, Ill.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has postponed the release of a rule to overhaul how banks calculate loan losses.

WASHINGTON — Four Federal Home Loan Banks have recruited 74 members to participate in their new Mortgage Partnership Finance jumbo loan program.

Salvatore Marranca and Garrett Richter have a lot in common: both found success in the banking world after army service in Vietnam. It was that wartime experience, though, that set them apart from most of their peers.

More consumers are aware of the increase in data breaches in 2015 compared to last year but overall concerns about identity theft have declined, according to TransUnion’s second annual Holiday Identity theft survey.

More consumers are aware of the increase in data breaches in 2015 compared to last year but overall concerns about identity theft have declined, according to TransUnion’s second annual Holiday Identity theft survey.

Stonebridge Financial in West Chester, Pa., plans to sell its bank through bankruptcy proceedings.

Anybody in the consumer contact business - particularly debt collection - is acutely aware of the TCPA violation land mines. Dialing cell phones on a predictive dialer without the consumer’s express permission can result in fines of $1,500 per dial, with threats of class-action lawsuits.

Mid Penn Bancorp in Millersburg, Pa., plans to exit the Small Business Lending Fund program and redeem a separate pool of preferred stock through an upcoming debt sale.

Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive, Dave McKay, says the company could roll out a loyalty system kept on a blockchain next year as it experiments with distributed ledgers and looks to enhance its mobile wallet.

There's another fintech accelerator coming to New York.

Central Bank of Kansas City in Missouri has agreed to issue prepaid cards for Cachet Financial Solutions in Minneapolis.