Banking

Identifying which borrowers are likely to repay short-term, small-dollar loans could help lower costs for both consumers and the financial services industry.

The way in which customers navigate e-commerce and online banking sites provides analytics that could ultimately help secure their accounts.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new challenge to help expand the technological arsenal that can be used in the battle against illegal phone spammers.

New York officials have created a database of blacklisted lenders, and Bank of America has agreed to use it. Authorities hope that other banks will follow suit.

Irene Dorner did a lot to turn around HSBC's troubled U.S. operations following violations of U.S. anti-money-laundering regulations that led to a record penalty, but successor Patrick Burke and a new U.S. compliance chief will have to pick up the recovery at its midpoint and finish the job.

Corporate payment provider WEX has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution1 for $532.5 million in cash.

Six directors at Solera National Bancorp (SLRK) have resigned as the Lakewood, Colo., company remains embroiled in a messy public struggle with its biggest investor.

With mobile expected to supplant online as the No. 1 method for paying bills within the next four years, banks are eager to find new ways to improve the mobile experience and keep customers from paying bills through rival services.

Smaller banks face a tricky choice with jumbo loans: hold them and face rate risk, or sell them to a bigger bank and risk losing a customer. An unusual arrangement between the FHLB and a REIT could offer community banks a better route.

Discover Financial Services agreed with regulators to bolster its payment systems against money launderers. No financial penalty was imposed.

The United States Court of Appeals has confirmed BancorpSouth's lack of liability in an online banking fraud case, and even granted that the bank may seek to recover attorneys' fees from the victim.

WASHINGTON — A financial education partnership between public libraries and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has skyrocketed to more than 98 library systems in the two months since the pilot program launched.

Wells Fargo lost its chance to appeal to the Supreme Court to approve its use of a complicated tax shelter. But clarity provided by that case and those being fought by BB&T and others is likely to provide the basis for future tax loopholes for banks.

A federal district court in Washington upheld another ruling disallowing three hedge funds controlling portions of a defaulted loan from voting on a reorganization plan. The ruling could impact banks as they make more concessions to win business.

The lawsuit stands out as the first major legal action by a state against a credit bureau in recent years, but it may pressure other states and federal agencies to take public action.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is alerting residents about an email scam that uses her office’s name and falsely threatens prosecution to collect on supposed debts.

PNC Financial Services announced Monday a tool for merchants that lets them accept payments on their mobile devices.

HSBC Holdings (HSBC) said Irene Dorner will retire as chief executive of its U.S. banking unit and will be succeeded by HSBC executive Patrick Burke.

The Supreme Court told a lower court to take another look at a ruling that let the National Credit Union Administration sue a group of banks for allegedly deceiving investors about mortgage-backed securities.

Capital One, with more than 250 branches in New York, agreed to limit its use of customer-screening databases that barred many low-income consumers from getting bank accounts, state officials said.