An auto loan company that allegedly offered illegal loans to Oregon residents is being sued by the state's attorney general.

In this post-apocalyptic world of apps and bots, community banks lay in ruin, fintechs come and go, and megabanks dot the vast desert wasteland.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has shuffled its management ranks, after John Williams announced his retirement as bank president.

A look at how Dodd-Frank has affected the banking industry, and what other forces are at play.

The $3.9 billion-asset Luther Burbank Savings has opened retail loan origination offices in several Southern California cities to produce more jumbo mortgages. It is one of several lenders in the region that think jumbo loans are worth the risks to achieve growth.

The Pennsylvania company chose to sell to a much larger bank rather than buy smaller rivals or manage assets to delay added regulatory burden. More banks could follow that example. The only thing missing is interest from regional suitors.

Promontory Financial Group on Tuesday agreed to a $15 million settlement, and a six-month ban from accepting certain new consulting work in New York, to resolve an investigation by the state's department of financial services into its consulting work at Standard Chartered Bank.

Home BancShares in Conway, Ark., has promoted John "Stephen" Tipton to chief operating officer, after the position had been vacant for about five years.

The North Carolina regional bank is placing a big bet that targeting Pennsylvania's high earners will offset the state's reputation for having slower-than-average growth.

Simmons First National in Pine Bluff, Ark., has promoted several executives, as David Bartlett announced his plans to retire as president and chief banking officer.

Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it used its internship program to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Activist investor Joseph Stilwell is demanding that Carroll Bancorp in Sykesville, Md., pick up the pace on stock buybacks.

Target Corp. reached a settlement with Visa Inc. over a hacker attack that struck the chain during the 2013 holiday season and exposed millions of customers' personal information.

Regent Bank in Davie, Fla., has promoted Dawn Calder to the newly created position of chief credit officer.

The mortgage delinquency rate - the rate of borrowers 60 days or more delinquent on their mortgages - continued its fast decline, falling to 2.72% in the second quarter ended June 30, according to TransUnion.

Once again the markets have fallen in love with a group of young, aggressive and not very regulated lenders.

City officials in Trenton, N.J. have hired a collection agency to pursue more than $2.9 million in outstanding municipal court fines.

Bitcoin was built on the sort of open-source ethos that has driven generations of geeks. But the same principles it celebrates—a decentralized network of contributors, a transparent code base—are allowing competitors to flourish. The bitcoin faithful aren't so sure that's a good thing.

The recapitalization will allow City National Bank to continue as a certified Community Development Financial Institution, the bank said.

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data collection haven't bothered to learn the basic facts about the data the regulator collects before veering off into black helicopter paranoia.