A number of cities, faced with limited access to the bond market, are turning to banks for tax anticipation notes as an alternative funding source.

The Fed unveiled on Thursday a new publication and website aimed at community bankers, including a question and answer session with Chairman Ben Bernanke on the challenges facing smaller institutions.

Banks like BBVA Compass, USAA and ING are turning to a flurry of new social recruiting services to help them lure the best and brightest.

Some courts will deem financial institutions liable simply for knowing about the red flags, while others require proof the bank knew about their customers' schemes. This subjective standard is often unfair and difficult to manage.

Dozens of institutions have banded together to voice concerns they say are being overlooked by lawmakers and regulators.

Memorial City Bank is canvassing Houston for acquisition targets, capital and commercial loans.

Robin Robeson, the new chief operating officer of Guaranty Federal in Springfield, Mo., has returned to banking with a new understanding of software and other matters after working at Duck Creek Technologies.

BMO Harris Bank in Chicago is opening a corporate banking office in Atlanta as part of its expansion outside the Midwest.

As Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats mounted their defense of Dodd-Frank on Wednesday, they sought to counter Republican charges that President Obama doesn't understand the private sector by pointing to the steps he has taken to help small business.

A group led by City National CEO Russell Goldsmith is looking to push an agenda for banks with $7 billion to $30 billion in assets.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. next week will unveil the latest national estimates of who is unbanked in this country.

The American Bankers Association's board is expected to approve a plan Thursday to get into the SuperPAC game.

Financial institutions that do the same things should have the same oversight. Unfortunately, we're a long way from regulatory parity, even after Dodd-Frank.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency promoted Ellen M. Warwick to oversee its law department division, the agency said Wednesday.

A program that encourages saving through periodic cash giveaways is attracting interest among credit unions across the country, and could be debuting at banks in Maryland as early as next year.

For community banks, the Dodd-Frank reform law presents a lot more questions than answers. For Washington State's Cashmere Bank, it was time to turn to outside help.

BBCN in Los Angeles was a prominent newcomer, but the bulk of Sandler O'Neill's eighth annual small-bank all-star team still hails from east of the Mississippi.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has terminated a consent order with Cornerstone Community Bank in Chattanooga, Tenn., after the bank increased its capital levels.

TAB Bank in Ogden, Utah, has snagged three executives from a competitor to pump up its equipment-leasing division.

Southwest Bancorp in Stillwater, Okla., has hired Mark W. Funke as its new president and CEO. Funke, who was a market president for Bank of Oklahoma, is expected to join Southwest Oct. 1.