Banking

Smaller regional banks kept funding costs in check and relied on robust noninterest income to earn their spot as a 10 top-performing bank on American Banker's annual ranking.

Investors will get the chance to fill three director seats at the Philadelphia company, which last held an annual meeting in April 2021 and has been embroiled in a legal fight with a shareholder group.

The KBW Bank Index gained more than 5% in June, marking its best period since January, before several high-profile bank failures.

In today's competitive banking industry, customer-centric institutions are gaining an edge in attracting and retaining customers. But what does it mean and what does it take to get there?

The San Antonio bank says it will open 17 new financial centers in the Austin region by 2026. It's the latest step in a physical expansion strategy that has led to dozens of new branches in Houston and Dallas.

Wells Fargo leads $70 million funding effort targeting credit-challenged entrepreneurs; PayPal adds Tap to Pay for Venmo, Zettle; Amex names new CFO to succeed retiring veteran finance chief and more in this week's banking news roundup.

CCFNB Bancorp and Muncy Bank Financial, which said they were combining forces in April, have opted for a bigger rebrand.

With LIBOR's long-awaited sunset, the future of interest rate benchmarking must be defined by choice.

PeoplesBank in Massachusetts and others have developed digital brands that cater to younger customers' demands for smoother technology and mobile experiences.

In June's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: Attempts to steal consumer data target a growing number of banks, credit unions secure deposits outflowing from other financial institutions, Citizens recruits 50 former private banking employees of First Republic and more.

Banks are simultaneously looking to shed their obligations under laws like the Community Reinvestment Act and begging the government for more support in the form of higher deposit insurance limits.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, challenged the idea that credit card late fees serve as a deterrent to delinquency, instead saying issuers told her office that some of them earn tens of millions of dollars collecting late fees.

Under a 2-year-old program, homebuyers receive grants of up to $5,000 for down payments and closing costs. JPMorgan Chase said the latest expansion — to some new 3,000 census tracts in 16 U.S. markets — may help an additional 1,000 customers obtain mortgages.

The regional bank is expected to issue around three to five more bonds backed by its $11.5 billion loan book. Citizens earlier this month said it will halt new auto lending in partnership with dealers starting July 1.

The technology that powers ChatGPT can sift through and even synthesize massive amounts of data, though it must overcome doubts over reliability, transparency and regulatory risk before it can be harnessed to conduct useful research.

People love the convenience of nonbanks' financial apps. Regulators could make it much safer for them to share their data with third parties.

The legislation would have allowed nonbank lenders to charge more for consumer installment loans. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, explained his veto by saying that the bill might result in additional consumer indebtedness.

Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank believes virtual credit cards, offered through a new fintech partnership, can help small-business customers make their payment processes more efficient.

The payments and bank technology firm says its stand-alone NCR ATMCo will focus on "ATM-as-a-service."

A new inspector general report suggests that grifts were more pervasive than has previously been reported. The Small Business Administration, which drew blame in the watchdog report, took issue with the findings.