Efforts to make it easier for smaller businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled by concerted expansion efforts among key regional and community banks, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending.

The Tupelo, Miss., company has recouped its “satisfactory” community reinvestment rating, removing a regulatory obstacle to two pending acquisitions.

Branches may be closing in droves, but they still play a key role in attracting and retaining customers. Here's how three banks are trying to maximize their potential.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Millennials care about more than money. So it's important for recruiting efforts to show what bankers do for their communities.

For all the anticipation that preceded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final small-dollar lending rule, a picture of how the rule will affect banks and credit unions is still quite hazy.

From jeans days for a cause to iPad donations and scholarship awards, here's how credit unions are helping make dreams come true.

Business First will raise $66 million through a stock placement to help fund the deal.

Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models.

The loan product, which allows consumers retroactively to adjust a payment amount, illustrates how community-based institutions are trying to reach technologically savvy consumers.

The Ohio company's CRA rating took a hit after it inadvertently overcharged some customers.

The company, which is still recovering from two recent hurricanes, said it will voluntary comply with several key restrictions that were in the 2010 written agreement.

American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gathered Wednesday to celebrate honorees and to mix and mingle over cocktails at Milk Studios, with a panoramic view over Manhattan.

While disappointed with the CFPB's actions in recent years, bankers said they want to see a campaign platform before making a decision on the agency's director.

The company will pay $66 million for the parent of BloomBank.

George Sutton, now an attorney in Salt Lake City, will sit on several Glacier Bancorp committees, including audit and compliance.

Cynthia Blankenship, an executive at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, has been a regular in Washington for years fighting for regulatory changes. She is encouraging other bankers to do likewise.

Backpacks for kids in summer camp, housing assistance for a veteran of three wars and other ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.