Shares of First Republic Bank of San Francisco plunged Monday on news that its third-quarter earnings would fall short of estimates.

Following the lead of credit unions in several other states, at least 14 Pennsylvania credit unions are teaming up to offer their members a cheaper alternative to payday loans.

Patriot Bank can't spend its capital fast enough.

Amalgamated Bank in New York says it is eyeing expansion into neighborhoods where other banks are not.

BankUnited Financial Corp., a Coral Gables, Fla., company already under investor fire for its reliance on option adjustable-rate mortgages, ran into a new problem last week over loans to a troubled real estate project.

A new industry index aims to quantify the progress of corporate payments in 2006 and as far out as 2008.

Green goes a lot farther when banks build "green".

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. of Troy, Mich., is betting that it can use its nationwide home lending platform to ramp up in commercial lending.

This fall's congressional elections have clouded prospects for the Credit Union Regulatory Improvement Act, the regulatory relief bill crafted just for credit unions, as lawmakers prepare to pass pared-down regulatory relief for all financial institutions.

California joined 34 other states in enacting legislation that lets local governments receive up to $30 million of deposit insurance through a single bank.

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As competition for customers intensified, bank marketing budgets ballooned 18% in two years, to an estimated aggregate of $10.6 billion last year, according to the American Bankers Association.

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The president and chief executive officer of Harleysville National Corp. resigned without explanation Tuesday.

Two banking companies — one big, one small — have teamed up on a unique financial literacy project.

To lower funding costs, one Georgia start-up is turning to a higher power.

The company that revolutionized stock conversions of mutual savings banks almost 20 years ago is abandoning the hybrid corporate structure it innovated - but the structure itself is not going anywhere, and neither is the controversy surrounding it.

Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., has denied an activist shareholder's request to join its board.

For 15 years, Epic Bancorp in San Rafael, Calif., has fared well serving tony Marin County north of San Francisco.