Banking

For years, UMB Financial rode fee-income gains from the expansion of its asset management unit to some strong quarters. But the unit's production has waned lately forcing the company to rethink its expense base and management structure.

RBB Bancorp in Los Angeles has agreed to buy TFC Holding, the parent of TomatoBank in Los Angeles.

Our nation has a long way to go to protect those defending our homeland. Stopping the damage of high-cost credit is an important first step.

Legacy core systems make banks vulnerable to new competitors and risks. Modernization is underway, but many institutions are not moving fast enough. The risk of waiting too long is that it will take too long to catch up.

Bankers are likely to cheer an ad from a conservative group portraying the CFPB as a Stalinist bureaucracy bent on denying consumers' credit. But the ad's over-the-top attack is already playing into the hands of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the agency's founder.

Banc of California in Irvine has named executives to the newly created positions of chief strategy officer and chief investment officer.

An interbank loan market for community and regional banks, and backed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, plans to open for business next month.

The New York banking regulator announced Tuesday it was working on new cybersecurity requirements even as bankers pushed agencies to further harmonize their efforts.

Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, Calif., has hired a chief operations officer to replace Bruce Wallace, as he shifts to a more digital-focused role.

The added clarity provided by the Federal Housing Administration's revised single-family handbook comes at the expense of lender flexibility to get loans qualified, including a popular workaround for borrowers with deferred student loan debt.

Given that Bank of the Ozarks has agreed to pay handsomely for C1 Financial in Florida, the relatively scarce number of large institutions in the state could command higher prices from acquirers.

The American Bankers Association is deemphasizing the crisis-era fight over regulation and refocusing on the rising competitive threat posed by technology companies.

BMO Financial Group has recruited Niti Badarinath from U.S. Bancorp to manage its online, mobile and physical channels in North America.

First Farmers Financial in Converse, Ind., has agreed to buy Citizens Exchange Bank in Fairmount, Ind.

The glacial pace at which card providers and merchants are adding EMV chips to their cards and payments systems benefits no one, and opens new possibilities for card fraud.

A Delaware-based collection agency will handle billing for millions of dollars in unpaid claims on services provided to a county hospital in California.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged three men in connection with the mass hack attack on JPMorgan Chase that took place in June 2014.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is urging Indiana members of Congress to work to restore a longstanding prohibition on student loan debt collectors from using robocalls to cellphones.

A new International Association of Commercial Collectors survey, “What I Wish My Clients Knew, What I Wish They Told Me,” suggests that by closing any gaps in record-keeping and consistently following credit and collection procedures, commercial creditors would eliminate some of the biggest obstacles to collection.

With the CFPB poised to finalize regulations on overdraft fees, it is important to realize how much the product helps informed consumers.