The Connecticut company was an early adopter of branch modernization, starting an effort four years ago that has led to the closure of underperforming locations, enhanced digital offerings and use of universal bankers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency banned banks and mortgage servicers from accepting commissions on force-placed insurance policies issued by affiliated companies. At least one mortgage servicer, Ocwen Financial, has found a way around the ban.

First Interstate BancSystem, in Billings, Mont., will appeal a Montana state court jury's verdict that the company pay about $17 million in compensatory and punitive damages from a dispute with a former customer.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was fined $25 million after sanitizing a report to regulators on sanctions and money-laundering controls for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., New York’s top bank regulator said Monday.

Americans are spending more in 2014 compared to a year ago, apparently driven by Baby Boomers - although that generation is not necessarily spending for the things they want, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Jesse Powell knew Mt. Gox was not long for this world more than two years before the once-dominant bitcoin exchange went bankrupt in February. Powell founded a competitor, Kraken, which is now in talks to offer services in Japan

Four Oaks Fincorp in Four Oaks, N.C., has raised $24 million through a rights offering.

After commercial mortgage-backed security delinquencies declined for 15 straight months, this streak came to an end in July.

Stephen E. Dowd, the chief financial officer of CMS Bancorp in White Plains, N.Y., has died. The $273 million-asset company announced Dowd’s “unexpected passing” in a press release on Friday.

An investor has filed a lawsuit to block the merger deal between the two First Citizens banks in the Carolinas, which are controlled by the Holding family. The case could turn on whether the directors on the special committees that reviewed the deal were truly independent of the Holdings.

The New York Times Magazine is exploring the business of buying and collecting debt in a lengthy feature article looking at two companies and the collection professionals behind them.

Citizens Financial Group, the U.S. subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, plans to hire more than 550 people for its consumer business as it prepares for an initial public offering this year.

The Providence, R.I., company is set to be spun off from its foreign parent, and executives are embracing the opportunity to simplify their products, expand lending and overhaul their customer experience.

Braintree a payment technology business owned by eBay, is reportedly looking at accepting the popular and controversial digital currency, Bitcoin, as a form of payment.

A temporary waiver allowing victims of Hurricane Sandy to finance foundation repairs and elevate their homes with 203(k) mortgages should be made permanent to help lessen the burden of flood insurance requirements, say real estate and flood hazard groups.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has settled with debt collector Forster & Garbus regarding the firm's collection of payday loans.

Costs associated with its recent acquisition pushed Cascade Bancorp, in Bend, Ore., into the red in the second quarter.

U.S. consumer debt dropped in the last quarter for the first time in a year as mortgage originations fell to the lowest mark since 2000, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest quarterly report.

Forster & Garbus, a Commack, N.Y.-based collection law firm, agreed Friday to settle charges that it illegally sued to collect on payday loans from New Yorkers.

Sun Bancorp in Mount Laurel, N.J., plans to raise approximately $20 million to fund its recent restructuring.