Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) in Chicago has hired David Drury, a General Electric Capital executive, to head sales and capital markets for its equipment-finance unit.

Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is asking for an investigation into claims that Bank of America purposefully delayed borrowers from entering the Home Affordable Modification Program.

Think you have time to wait to get in the M&A game? Think again, says Lynn Fuller of Heartland Financial in Iowa, who sees the next two years as the time to bulk up his multistate bank before prices soar.

Lawmakers and industry officials continue to issue warnings about the impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability-to-pay rule, despite recent efforts by the agency to amend certain provisions to assuage some industry concerns.

People's Utah Bancorp in American Fork is buying Lewiston Bancorp in Lewiston, Utah.

The OCC's third risk report cited put cybersecurity as the second biggest worry for bankers, right after struggles to maintain revenue.

Former collection agency executive Patrick Pinto pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiring to commit bank bribery while he was an executive of Oxford Collection Agency, according to Deirdre M. Daly, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Intervest Bancshares bid successfully for some of its own shares in a recent Treasury Department auction.

Credit card chargeoff rates declined in May, defying the usual seasonal pattern. Loan growth remains elusive.

Small-business owners are feeling more bullish about the economy than they have in three years, a new Citigroup (NYSE: C) study has found.

Chris Sawyer, an executive at Altrust Financial, says there are several factors behind the company’s decision to merge its banks.

M&T had delayed plans to buy Hudson City Bancorp because of the Federal Reserve's compliance concerns, and an order made public Tuesday details what the Buffalo, N.Y., company has to fix.

Even great bankers cannot succeed when forced to compete in a market with an influx of new banks and a shortage of skilled bankers, wise directors, and experienced regulators.

Capital One Financial (COF), the lender that agreed to pay $210 million to settle U.S. charges of deceptive marketing of credit-card products, hired the nation's top immigration official to head compliance operations.

Two collection agencies in Western New York have announced a merger. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas FCU announced this morning it signed with Diebold to provide it with a full suite of integrated services to simplify management, maintenance and compliance for the credit union’s fleet of 32 ATMs.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Gulf Winds FCU moved its top management personnel and branch to an old bank branch it has renovated.

The $56 billion-asset company is offering auto loans in all six New England states, it said Monday. Its Connecticut auto-lending team, working out of a Massachusetts office, has signed up a number of the state's roughly 140 new-car franchise dealers.

Browser advancements made in recent months are allowing developers to bring check deposit to mobile sites.

Given America's romance with small business, it certainly can't hurt to be seen out there supporting mom and pop.