Banking

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., could be looking to add to its holdings in the Sunshine State.

After a deadline-inspired surge, nearly 500,000 borrowers are seeking formal reviews of their 2009 and 2010 foreclosures for mistakes by lenders, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported.

Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Kentucky First Federal (KFFB), Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) and Talmer Bancorp all entered 2013 with added heft.

Efforts to boost consumer adoption focus on imaging via smartphone cameras.

Executives from four community banks established during the last wave of de novo bank creation talk about their experiences in surviving the economic crisis and their plans for when the economy rebounds.

Credit bureau Experian now lets people create their own dashboards and reports based on its database of 230 million Americans' financial transactions.

If customers are more likely to find you through an Internet search than by noting your actual existence along their commutes, well, good luck with that.

Bank of American CEO Brian Moynihan has done much to steady the giant bank, but his long-term survival may require a new trick — kick-starting growth.

Bank mergers and acquisitions will increase only slightly as capital levels and regulatory limits prompt buyers to choose targets carefully, says Nadine Mirchandani of Ernst & Young.

Discover, which has been testing the features of its new "it" credit card in some markets since mid-2012, announced Jan. 2 the nationwide launch of the product.

Avoid a change if your bank lacks the ability or resources to implement it successfully. Instead, consider accepting low growth, managing the institution for cash and returning the excess capital to shareholders.

PayPal signed many new retail partnerships this year, while also building a digital wallet and a handful of plastic cards to complement its online payment system.

We revisit some of the best comments readers posted to AmericanBanker.com and BankThink.com in 2012.

Recent distributed denial of service attacks have turned large-bank competitors into a network of close allies.

U.S. Bank is moving forward with mobile photo-enabled bill payment. The move's attracting lots of attention, since the tech has a godo chance to be the next big thing in mobile banking.

Banks have long heavily leveraged iPhones for mobile apps, but Android's picking up share fast. Javelin crunches the numbers.

What's wrong with passwords? Plenty, if you ask almost anyone. The traditional user name and password is old and unsafe. The alternative is "bring your own ID" - voice, fingerprint and facial recognition technology that's emerging from tests into production.

When account opening was proving too slow, AloStar Bank of Commerce turned to a solution that automatically performs identity and credit checks.

Ultra-tight security software was making email needlessly difficult to use at Reading Co-operative Bank. A new system is more selective.

As an institution that serves the entertainment and casino industry, One Nevada Credit Union found mobile check deposit was a useful way to provide 24-hour service.