Joseph Stilwell hopes a fourth challenge against Harvard Illinois Bancorp is successful.

MSB Financial, the holding company of Millington Savings Bank, has filed to pursue a mutual-to-stock conversion.

When regulators use asset size as a yardstick, they impose unnecessary rules on larger financial institutions that employ traditional banking models.

The three leading U.S. consumer credit reporting agencies agreed to make sweeping changes to correct errors and improve accuracy of reports as well as to increase protection for consumers with medical debt.

Fauquier Bankshares in Warrenton, Va., has begun a search to find its next president and chief executive.

CertusHoldings in Greenville, S.C., has agreed to sell its small business finance unit to BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla.

Veritex Holdings in Dallas has agreed to buy IBT Bancorp in Irving, Texas.

Credit-reporting giants Equifax Information Services, Experian Information Solutions and TransUnion will change the way they handle errors and treat medical debt after reaching a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

A bill to replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s director leadership with a bipartisan commission appointed by the president was introduced by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas), chairman of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

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Social Finance Inc., the online-lending platform known as SoFi, is planning an initial public offering that would value the company at $3.5 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said, almost triple what it received in a recent funding round.

Banc of California in Irvine got a shot in the arm from its acquisition of 20 Popular Community Bank branches in the fourth quarter.

Two activist groups are urging the Fed and OCC to investigate whether OneWest used donations and other sweeteners to buy community support for its sale to CIT.

Some banks have begun to make changes in how they activate customers' credit-card accounts to use Apple Inc.'s new mobile-payment system after reports of fraudulent transactions, according to industry consultants.

PrivateBancorp, despite having one of banking's most rate-sensitive loan books, has grown earnings by relying on fee diversification and new specialty lines. CEO Larry Richman discusses the growth strategy and what he expects when rates do finally rise.

The company began to seriously consider its options when Bank of America agreed to sell nearly two dozen Michigan branches in early 2013. Chemical Financial eventually agreed to buy Lake Michigan for $184 million.

ATMs in some key Las Vegas locations will allow consumers to obtain U.S. dollars with foreign payment cards through Monex Financial Services' dynamic currency conversion technology.

WASHINGTON — Loan demand continues to increase across the country, even though some economic sectors are still struggling, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Board.

A new service from Cardtronics asks consumers to pay up to $10 a month for unlimited access to 5,000 of the company's ATMs. That may not sound like a great deal — but it could have a lot of appeal among people who make use of alternative financial services.

There are three main areas that collections managers have to concern themselves with when receiving a new placement to work: compliance considerations, contact information and ability to pay.