Banking

Citigroup (NYSE: C) announced Wednesday that it has begun using a corporate-to-bank Swift message type for multinational corporate clients.

NetSpend Holdings (NTSP) earned $10.1 million in the fourth quarter of last year, a 5% increase from the same period a year earlier, the company announced Wednesday.

Minden Bancorp (MDNB) in Minden, La., is set to begin its third repurchase plan since becoming a public company two years ago.

The attorneys general of eight states are requesting to join a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., the world's biggest payment networks, won dismissal of a price- fixing lawsuit brought by a group representing operators of automated teller machines.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson and Sen. Mike Crapo, the top panel republican, wrote to regulators on Wednesday urging them to weigh concerns by community bankers on pending Basel III capital and liquidity rules.

Citizens First (CZFC) in Bowling Green, Ky., is nearly two-thirds of the way to exiting the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

At a press conference protesting Republicans' refusal to confirm a director of the CFPB, Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats said they have no intention of making structural changes to the agency in order to meet GOP demands.

Move over, Wintrust. MB is poised to end its three-year hiatus from dealmaking.

A federal judge has ruled that the multistate mortgage settlement does not bar a lawsuit by the government against Wells Fargo (WFC) over its lending practices before and after the financial crisis.

Mobile banking innovator USAA announced Wednesday a milestone: more than five million members have downloaded its mobile apps.

The Federal Housing Administration commissioner faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers on the agency's fiscal health and downplayed fears that it will need a Treasury bailout.

Scott Bauer was the North Carolina company's CEO from its creation to its sale last fall to Capital Bank Financial.

CEO John Kanas is letting rivals know in advance that he's coming to New York — and that he's targeting their employees.

Growth is hard to come by in the credit card business, but major lenders are sticking with a smaller pool of customers with higher credit scores.

CoBank in Denver is giving $5 million to fund agricultural research and education at land grant universities nationwide.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) plans to upgrade hundreds of its automated teller machines to add image-capture technology, and will roll out mobile deposit later this year.

It's not going to garner the attention that Square Inc.'s pact with Starbucks created, but Square's latest deal shows it's still eager to brew partnerships with coffee shops.

The deal announced Tuesday follows the collapse of the bank's planned merger with C1 Bank.

Software maker Glyph has a new relationship with Yodlee, a mobile app update and a new web app designed to help consumers decide which credit card to use at checkout.