Two former executives of Orion Bank, Angel Guerzon and Thomas Hebble, were banned from banking by the Federal Reserve Board due to their participation in "unsafe and unsound practices, breaches of fiduciary duty, and violations of law and regulation," the agency said in a press release.

Four community bankers on the hunt for acquisitions warned prospective sellers that they will have little say in how much they get paid.

Some banks are starting to notice the poor customers they have long ignored. Regions Financial Corp. is one of several banks expanding its check-cashing and the other "alternative" financial services that have long been offered by Wal-Mart and other non-banks.

The Justice Department on Thursday ordered First Niagara Financial Group to sell 26 of the branches it has agreed to buy from HSBC Holdings. The branches are in the Buffalo area and have $1.6 billion of deposits.

Consumer groups that have already raised questions about Capital One Financial Corp.'s purchase of Internet bank ING Direct USA have now turned their attention to the bank's purchase of the credit card portfolio of HSBC Holdings PLC.

The branch banking model is outdated, and not just because many still use pneumatic tubes at the drive-through lane.

Families that own capital-starved banks are facing the decision whether to raise capital from outside investors — saving the banks but diluting their own stakes — or to keep pumping money into them to keep them alive.

Banks should adhere to high moral standards by discouraging people from going needlessly into debt. The concept of "fly now, pay later" does not promote consumers’ financial responsibility.

For consumers, transferring banks is more difficult than it sounds. For banks, losing shifting deposits can make for surprising winners and losers.

The nation's 10 largest retail banks are at risk of losing $185 billion of deposits over the next year as customers will look to move primary accounts to community and regional banks that they perceive as being more consumer friendly.

CFG Community hires Daniel McKew as president two weeks after his resignation from the larger 1st Mariner.

Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday called for the Senate to pass a bill that would exempt more small banks from securities registration requirements.

Maybe James A. Bell can bring a few defense products to JPMorgan Chase & Co. board meetings to deflect some of the vitriol aimed at Wall Street.

Times are pretty good for ag lenders — that's why they are nervous.

CNB Financial Corp. in Clearfield, Pa., said Tuesday that Charles R. Guarino had resigned as the company's treasurer and principal financial officer.

Policymakers who stood by and watched the mortgage bubble inflate, and then explode, ought to pay attention to what's happening in the student loan market. The parallels may not be precise, but they are pretty darn scary.

CertusBank in Greenville, S.C. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy $96 million of performing loans and $211 million of deposits from First Guaranty Bank Corp.

There's bad news for those who withdrew funds on Bank Transfer Day to punish the targets of their ire. Most banks don't really need their money — at least not right now.

Western Liberty Bancorp Inc. in Las Vegas reported a third-quarter loss of $6.9 million, u 50% from the second quarter, due largely to a noncash goodwill impairment charge.

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