Banking

Portal provider upgrades ability to sort through documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

Regulators released a calculator Monday that is designed to help community bankers project how much capital they will need to hold under Basel III.

Ann Cairns, MasterCard's head of international markets, was optimistic about the company's prospects abroad Thursday, even as MasterCard warned that its revenue growth is slowing.

Big mortgage servicers wonder why borrowers won't respond to attractive refi offers. How can they be surprised? We've overloaded consumers with such an excess of incoming communications through antiquated channels that they ignore almost all of this.

To avoid a monthly fee, bank customers must maintain an average balance of $723 in their non-interest checking accounts, up 23% from 2011 and the highest balance in 15 years, according to a survey.

A group of state attorneys general is looking at the possibility that banks have sold credit card accounts to debt collection firms that were supported by inaccurate and robo-signed documents.

It's in consultants' best interests to extend the foreclosure review engagements as long as possible without coming up with an estimate for each servicer of its total liability to borrowers.

Joseph Stilwell said in a regulatory filing that he could start pushing the thrift's management to put stashed away capital to work.

Discover Financial Services has agreed to refund hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a regulatory probe of its credit card marketing practices.

Groupon's new payments system is a small step toward a dramatic change in merchant acquiring, one that leaves ownership of consumer data up for grabs.

Discover Financial Services (DFS) has agreed to refund hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a regulatory probe of its credit card marketing practices.

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First PacTrust said Gregory Mitchell , who had been its CEO since November 2010, had resigned. The resignation comes roughly a month after the company said Mitchell would share the CEO title with Steven A. Sugarman.

Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) have endured repeated attacks from Iranian hackers since last 2011, Reuters reported Friday.

PL Capital said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it has raised its stake in Magyar to 9.99% on Aug. 1, compared to a prior stake of 8.6%.

Members of Technology Credit Union rejected management's plan to convert to a mutual thrift. The vote has led to renewed criticism about the National Credit Union Administration's role in conversion votes.

These days it seems like everyone is a payments company, whether their primary business is selling coffee or coupons. Wherever they come from, they're challenging the very structure of this industry.

Facebook added software tools to make it easier for developers on its system to accept payments made from mobile devices.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is planning a series of workshops for investors who would like to buy assets from failed financial institutions.

PNC is among several banks aiming to boost visibility on college campuses in hopes of attracting young consumers who many not have a dime to their names now but could be high earners down the road.