Banking

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., will look to give its shareholders better liquidity this year, but it is not reconsidering an initial public offering.

The Cincinnati company is teaming up with an Oregon placement agency to help its unemployed mortgage customers find jobs and, it hopes, get caught up on their monthly payments.

Movenbank announced Thursday a name change. The New York startup now just goes by Moven.

Customers Bank is buying a commercial loan portfolio based in New England from Flagstar. The deal would reunite Jay Sidhu with some valuable former employees.

The recently renamed ConnectOne Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has filed to raise up to $46 million through an initial public offering.

Fintech provider Jack Henry fell short of analysts' estimates by almost three cents, in part because of costs related to Hurricane Sandy.

Virtually all discussions of banking crises these days assume that depositors should always be protected, often at taxpayer expense. Let's consider whether at least some depositors should be bailed in.

A new report finds that consumers have a deeply ingrained expectation that checking accounts should be free. It argues that banks need to become savvier and more scientific in order to overcome that barrier.

The House Financial Services Committee held its first full hearing of the year on Wednesday, with lawmakers divided on the future of the Federal Housing Administration.

A new partnership between Western Union Co. and Carrefour Group will provide money transfer and bill pay services at the big-box retailer's stores in Argentina, the companies announced Wednesday. In addition, Western Union extended its existing relationship to provide money transfer services at Walmart Canada locations.

BofI Holding (BOFI) in San Diego earned a record quarterly profit on surging interest income and a higher interest margin.

The EMV smartcard standard is so commonly combined with a PIN code that most consumers know it simply as "chip-and-PIN." But Visa and MasterCard don't agree on whether PIN use should be a priority when the U.S. adopts the EMV standard.

First Niagara (FNFG) in Buffalo has created a banking region that includes branches it bought last year from HSBC.

Promontory responds to Joe Slavens.

Flagstar has asked the Treasury to delay the sale of its Tarp shares, will have to pay more than $90 million in connection with a bond insurer's lawsuit, and announced the sale of more commercial loans.

Except for PayPal, most consumers have no clue that digital wallet offerings exist, finds new research published by comScore.

David Mitchell has been named Avon, Conn.-based COCC's senior vice president and chief partnership officer, the company announced Wednesday. He will be in charge of corporate and product marketing and new business development.

The FTC issued a report Saturday calling for better privacy protection for mobile device users. Financial data is a primary focus.

Taking fire from the enemy is hazardous, but for soldiers who save money it offers at least one financial perk.

A crime ring based in New Jersey created thousands of fake identities to obtain 25,000 credit cards and steal more than $200 million in one of the largest scams of its type, the Justice Department said.