Despite a drop in truth in lending lawsuits, industry executives fear that new regulations and the emergence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could prompt a revival in disclosure-related lawsuits.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in May issued enforcement orders against eight banks and freed 14 others from prior orders as part of a series of actions released Friday.

A former bishop of a Mormon church in Connecticut was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for running a fraud scheme that roped in a participant in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Provident New York Bancorp (PBNY) will raise $100 million through a debt offering.

After less than a year on the job, BNC Financial CEO Peyton Patterson is looking at new markets, products and a plan to bring in up to $50 million in capital.

The $3.5 billion asset company will invest in Religare Enterprises, an Indian firm that is applying for a banking license in India, Customers said Thursday. It will spread the investment out over the next 18 months.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve Board will meet Tuesday to vote on the Basel III capital and liquidity rules to be applied to U.S. banks, the central bank said Thursday.

Peter Aceto, the CEO of ING Direct Canada, joined the "Daily Show" in a spoof of bank regulation, but his appearance wasn't all laughs.

A recent study found that customers want products like identity theft alerts and mobile bill pay from their banks. But many community banks are unable or unwilling to offer those products.

Louis B. "Buzz" Eckelkamp III, who has been promoted to president of Bank of Washington in Missouri, got a pat on the back from his boss — his dad. However, the celebration was short.

Show me an industry with artificially high barriers to entry, and you will almost certainly find dissatisfied customers paying higher prices to large, protected providers.

U.S. Bancorp and a nonbank partner have agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle charges that they misled members of the U.S. military about the fees charged on auto loans.

Jack Choi, the chief credit officer at Wilshire Bancorp (WIBC) in Los Angeles, will step down on July 1 to become president and chief executive of an unnamed bank.

Institutions need to realize that, given the relative health of their asset portfolios and the current regulatory environment, valuations and deal prices will be below historical averages.

BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., plans to redeem $125 million in trust-preferred securities.

United Community Bank in Blairsville, Ga., expects a spike in second-quarter earnings after being cleared to reverse most of its deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

John W. Allison of Home BancShares finally got Liberty Bancshares to blink after 10 years of trying to buy it. Allison's persistence and the high multiples on Home's stock helped seal the deal.

Mobile text alerts are increasingly a part of a solid mobile banking customer experience. Industry analysts share best practices, common mistakes and occasional quirks occurring in delivering mobile alerts.

BNC Financial Group in New Canaan, Conn., is planning to change its name to Bankwell Financial.

Jacksonville Bancorp is in the market for a new CEO at a time when it is also trying to sell more stock and conduct a reverse stock split.