With the ever-increasing regulation burden, community banks with small staffs struggle to keep up with new and changing rules. Some have deployed software to streamline their compliance to-do lists. Bank of the Sierra in Porterville, Calif., is one of them.

The Federal Reserve has ordered Bank of Montreal's U.S. unit to strengthen compliance with laws designed to deter money laundering.

Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., has added $1.5 million in capital from the Taylor International Fund.

Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., announced that its chief executive, Michael Tierney, has stepped aside after just eight months in the post.

Whatever the outcome of Tuesday's vote over Jamie Dimon's dual titles at JPMorgan Chase, the debate raging at the country's largest bank will increase the pressure on bank boards to split up chairman/CEO roles in the future.

BitPay, which processes payments for merchants in the virtual currency Bitcoin, has attracted some investors with a pedigree in pioneering alternative ways to send and receive money.

Tim Ryan, a veteran lobbyist who runs JPMorgan Chase's regulatory strategy, served until January as chief executive of SIFMA, which moved last week to stop the sending of vote tallies to shareholders.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's focus on discrimination in the auto loan business will likely force the banks it targets to stop paying bonuses to car dealers that originate high-interest loans. Changing practices in the rest of the industry could prove tougher.

Federal Reserve Gov. Sarah Bloom Raskin warned Thursday that the government's tightening fiscal policies and a slow housing recovery will continue to restrain a U.S. economic recovery.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is seeking to recover $48 million from officers and directors of a Florida bank that collapsed in 2010 following heavy defaults on commercial real estate loans.

Mars National Bank near Pittsburgh has drafted a local boy-turned-major-leaguer, Neil Walker of the Pirates, as its pitchman.

Former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has taken a stake in India's JM Financial Group, which also plans to name him chairman of a proposed new bank.

Republic First Bancorp (FRBK) in Philadelphia is continuing its push into southern New Jersey.

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is bumping up the size of its stock sale by more than 20%

Capitol Bancorp is down three banks in the past week, but it could have been four. The company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that regulators attempted to seize a fourth bank on Friday, but a temporary injunction from a state court stopped it.

The latest monthly reports from credit card issuers provide more evidence that loss rates will stay abnormally low longer than thought just a few months ago.

Regulators let Synovus acquire a failed bank — its first deal in four years — though it still owes Tarp $968 million. A surprising number of similar deals have occurred in recent years.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray sat silently at a public hearing as a room full of the industry's customers and employees argued that Americans should be allowed to make their own borrowing choices.

At least two startups who demoed at Finovate this week are trying to step in between banks and commercial borrowers in the same way peer to peer lenders already have — with crowdfunding.

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