Secure Vault Payments, which lets consumers spend at online merchants without disclosing their bank account details, is expanding into more financial institutions through a deal with the vendor Jwaala.

Are you pushing back when you think examiners go too far? How's that working? One Ohio banker tried it, and instead of retribution he got relief.

Parkvale Financial Corp. in Monroeville, Pa., said late Tuesday that it plans to restate financial information for two fiscal years to correct an error tied to deposit insurance.

Investors Bancorp doesn't plan to stop with its deal for Brooklyn Federal. The Short Hills, N.J., mutual thrift would like to do "one or two more" before converting to an all-stock company.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd. is getting closer to exiting Colorado with an agreement to sell Mountain View Bank of Commerce.

Patriot National Bancorp Inc. in Stamford, Conn., saw its losses widen during the second quarter compared to a year earlier, due largely to expenses associated with a turnaround plan.

Those tech companies provide an allocative service with fewer employees, but they also don't have regulators and don't need retail branches. Perhaps Apple's the better benchmark.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has found a way to put some of its capital to work: a big branch deal with Flagstar Bancorp Inc.

FirstMerit has succeeded at getting its online banking users to immediately adopt a new mobile service from the vendor Fiserv, which said 11% of the bank's active online banking users enrolled in the first week.

Deals will stall in the short term as volatility complicates stock-related transactions and creates uncertainty. But a low-rate environment will crimp growth and ultimately drive consolidation.

Profits at State Bank Financial in Atlanta said its second-quarter profit fell 10% from the same period last year as gains in interest income were offset by higher expenses and an increase in its loan-loss provision.

Saehan Bancorp in Los Angeles has reported a profit in two straight quarters after losing more than $75 million in 2009 and 2010.

New guidelines advise using stronger authentication for business accounts, but more community banks use it for consumer accounts.

The investment firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. is advising investors to stop dumping their shares in Westamerica Bancorporation.

Mercantile Bancorp once believed that its bank in sleepy Quincy, Ill. was not enough. Now, that bank might hold the key to the company's survival.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced that it has reached a written agreement with Coastal Bankshares Inc. in Savannah, Ga.

TD's $7.6 billion deal for a B of A MasterCard portfolio underscored again how banks north of the border are profiting at the expense of their U.S. rivals.

Extreme weather and rising feed and fuel costs across the Midwest crimped spending on farm equipment during the second quarter, according to a Federal Reserve survey published Monday.

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A survey of loan officers released by the Federal Reserve Board said that lending standards today are tighter for a variety of business and consumer loans than at any time since 2005.