Banking

Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) in Boston has named Carl Carlson chief financial officer and treasurer. He will start April 1, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Carlson succeeds Julie Gerschick, who resigned Dec. 31.

For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, consumers across the country are prioritizing their mortgages ahead of their credit card payments, according to TransUnion.

Citi Private Bank has quietly overhauled its app for customers with at least $25 million in net worth in recent weeks.

Thomson Reuters has launched a new client identity management solution for financial institutions that is designed to help them meet Know Your Customer regulatory requirements worldwide.

Clifton Savings Bancorp (CSBK) in Clifton, N.J., received orders for more than $170 million of common stock in a subscription offering tied to its second-step conversion.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) in Columbus, Ohio, has eliminated a $10 overdraft protection transfer fee for consumer and small business customers.

With free credit scores becoming ubiquitous, firms like CreditKarma – armed with $85 million in new funding – Quizzle and Credit Sesame seek to offer new services to advice-starved consumers.

Regulators are laser-focused on compliance, particularly when reviewing merger applications. Associated, recently freed from an enforcement action, could use its clean bill of health to woo sellers.

Consumer advocates clashed with representatives of the data broker industry about whether to regulate certain kinds of credit scores and other data that may fall in between the cracks of existing laws.

Entregra Financial in Franklin, N.C., has filed to sell nearly $50 million in common stock as part of it planned conversion to a stock company.

Farmers Capital Bank Corp. in Frankfort, Ky., has been released from an enforcement order under which it had been operating since 2009.

As home equity lines of credit hit the five-year mark and borrowers have to start repaying principal, lenders might have to modify these second liens to avert defaults.

Timothy Mullen, the company's former chief investment officer, wants management to informally evaluate the "best avenue to enhance long-term shareholder value," including any benefits from finding a buyer.

Benjamin Lawsky, the head of New York's Department of Financial Services, on Wednesday called for regulators to hold individuals responsible for recent industry scandals. He also warned that his agency may ban some banks from certain businesses over money-laundering violations.

A U.S. district judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission has the authority under the FTC Act to regulate the arms of American Indian tribes, their employees and their contractors.

When a business needs to get in sync with its suppliers, that's logistics, as the shipping jingle goes.

Mortgage applications declined 1.2% from the previous week in the week ended March 14, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

More borrowers are paying off their mortgage loans before their credit card debts, reversing a trend first seen in September 2008, according to a TransUnion study.

A court-appointed trustee will operate an Indiana collection agency after it failed Tuesday to get a time extension to devise a refinancing plan to pay off its creditors.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with Remer Bancorp. in Minnesota.