Banking

JPMorgan Chase is acquiring the Infatuation, a restaurant-guide company that owns Zagat, as the bank seeks to expand its consumer offerings to credit card users and other customers.

Merchants will be able to offer the interest-free installment product starting in October. One of Synchrony’s retail partners, Amazon, announced a buy now/pay later partnership with Affirm last month.

A U.S. judge signaled he won’t immediately terminate Libor, rejecting an effort by a group of borrowers who argued the benchmark is the product of a “price-fixing cartel.”

Banks that embraced their role as a conduit for Paycheck Protection Program loans were likelier to take more risk elsewhere, according to new research by three accounting professors. “Anytime you have that amount of money flowing through the bank, it’s going to affect behavior,” one of the authors said.

In the face of widespread power outages and supply shortages, credit unions are doing everything from offering low-interest emergency loans to providing bottled water and hot meals.

The consumer bureau is suing the online lender for allegedly violating a 2016 consent order involving its marketing claims. Acting Director Dave Uejio said the company doubled down “after getting caught the first time.”

A new service offered by the company helps clients automatically capture payment and invoice information as well as make sure the data matches.

Its $53 million purchase of Pacific Enterprise Bank would be BayCom's 10th bank acquisition since 2010.

The credit union service organization, which changed its name from CU Realty Services in June, has expanded its service area to cater to more homebuyers and help credit unions secure their mortgage pipeline.

The market for short-term installment credit is growing among millennials and Gen Z consumers who distrust credit cards. Banks are letting a golden opportunity slip away.

James Kim will succeed James Ford, who is retiring, as chief executive.

Net income significantly recovered compared with a year earlier, totaling $70.4 billion. But the average net interest margin fell to another record low as lending remained sluggish, the FDIC said in its quarterly update.

The New Jersey bank plans to reinvest half of the savings into technology development and hiring.

The Rhode Island bank has entered into an agreement to acquire JMP Group, which focuses on the health care, technology, financial services and real estate sectors.

The program, Balance Connect, allows consumers to link their checking account with as many as five other Bank of America accounts and transfers available funds when needed for a fee that's lower than the company's existing overdraft charges.

Marquette University has formed a partnership that will give undergraduate business students experience working with grassroots lenders in Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua. The goal is not only to teach the basics of commercial lending, but also to instill some idealism in the next generation of bankers.

First US in Birmingham will take a $1.2 million third-quarter charge to close the subsidiary. It plans to recoup the expense by focusing on commercial and indirect lending.

The Alexandria, Virginia, organization will change its name next month.

John Faust plans to step down next year, concluding a nearly 30-year tenure as president and CEO of Diamond Credit Union.

It started with an email suggesting there would be consequences for lenders that failed to use the Small Business Administration’s website to handle forgiveness applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Then lawmakers got involved.