Loans increased, the margin widened and credit quality continued to improve.

The Open Financial Exchange has 7,000 installations. More than a decade ago, the industry saw the data standard as the solution to screen scraping, a practice that bedevils them today.

Fourth-quarter profit dropped 5.4% as revenue from its mortgage business declined, Wells Fargo said Friday.

The Seattle company warned that fourth-quarter profit could fall more than 80% from a year earlier.

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JPMorgan Chase said profit rose 24% as bond-trading revenue climbed more than analysts estimated and expenses fell.

PNC’s fourth-quarter profit improved on higher lending to corporate customers for real estate and other loans.

Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. lender by assets, said fourth-quarter profit rose 43% as revenue from fixed-income trading increased and expenses dropped.

The company had been operating for years under a licensing agreement with the San Francisco banking giant.

The California bank, grappling with credit-quality issues, did not say when – or if – a successor will be named

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Credit union technology executives and analysts suggest the industry must collaborate to work on three primary areas: cybersecurity, data and business intelligence and digital-first strategies.

First Internet Bancorp is the latest institution to enter the business or to significantly expand operations.

The company recently received Fed approval to increase its ownership in Carter to 9%.

Any economic environment, including this one, has risks but it is unclear whether banks are sufficiently worried about what lies ahead.

Payment companies' efforts to modernize by connecting systems through partnerships and acquisition has invariably caused a chain reaction of competitive issues in the eyes of regulators.

Salisbury Bancorp in Lakeville, N.Y., has agreed to buy a branch from ES Bancshares in Newburgh.

Huron Community Financial Services in East Tawas, Mich., is getting ready to offer insurance products.

Financial innovation will stall unless we, as an industry, collaborate on a universal data gathering standard.

First Business in Wis. to consolidate bank charters-