Banking

The mortgage delinquency rate in the U.S. dropped in August by the largest amount, based on a yearly comparison, since 2011, according to data from Black Knight Financial Services.

A group of Bank of America private bankers that helped anchor the firm's wealth-management practice in one of California's wealthiest enclaves has defected to start an independent company.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's method for detecting discrimination by indirect auto lenders can overestimate potential bias, resulting in higher payments for lenders cited by the agency, according to internal CFPB documents.

Nacha's same-day ACH payments are unlikely to improve business-to-business payments without additional tweaks. Other payment rails can also help put a solid infrastructure in place.

Centrue Financial in Ottawa, Ill., plans to sell 4.8 million shares on behalf of stockholders. The shares would be worth $77 million based on the most recent price of $16 per share.

Fifth Third Bank will pay $18 million to settle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau allegations it discriminated against black and Hispanic consumers by charging some people higher interest rates on auto loans.

Nicolet Bankshares in Green Bay, Wis., has redeemed about half of its outstanding preferred stock in the Small Business Lending Fund.

Bankers, investors and analysts stop short of declaring a bubble. But the fintech startup and investor fields are getting crowded, and there's bound to be a culling of the herd.

1st Century Bancshares in Los Angeles has filed plans to raise $30 million through a sale of common stock.

The CFPB hired Dr. Bernard Siskin three years ago to serve as the agency's expert witness when it brings discrimination cases against lenders. But Siskin has also been hired by JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other big banks to represent them in bias cases against the CFPB, causing issues for the agency.

The deadline for EMV migration in this country is this Thursday. Here's what will and won't happen on that day, and what challenges lie ahead for banks and their customers.

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America and Citigroup executive, is adding a female-oriented investing platform to her ventures meant to promote women in business.

A number of New York banks are stepping away from medallion lending as delinquencies rise and competition for fares intensifies.

WASHINGTON — Fifth Third Bank must pay a total of more than $21 million to settle separate claims by the federal government that the bank's indirect auto-loan business discriminated against African-Americans and that the bank deceptively signed up customers for a credit card add-on product.

It's hard to decide which is more surprising: that the largest U.S. bank has almost abandoned the business of making home loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, that lots of big banks could be right behind it, or that the FHA might not even need to care.

Fifth Third's mortgage division has launched the Community Reinvestment Mortgage Special, a program designed to cover closing costs for mortgage customers buying or refinancing homes in low-income areas.

Citigroup has agreed to issue private-label credit cards for Wawa, a Mid-Atlantic convenience store chain.

The $4.8 billion-asset HomeStreet said in a press release Monday that it will pay $49.8 million in stock, or $11.70 a share, and $5.5 million in cash for the $200 million-asset Orange County Business Bank.

The $417 million-asset company appointed John Kaufman, 33, as CFO on Friday, according to a news release. Kaufman was also named CFO of MSB's Millington Savings Bank.

Debt-buying giant Encore Capital Group officials announced Monday that the company is acquiring a controlling stake in Baycorp, one of Australia's largest debt resolution companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.