With a federal moratorium on commercial ownership of industrial loan companies coming to an end, the question of whether retailers and other nonfinancial firms should own banks has been turned on its head in the wake of the crisis and Dodd-Frank.

The best incentive banks have to strengthen their cyber defenses? To preserve customer trust.

Frank Bisignano explains why he left his role as co-COO at JPMorgan Chase to become CEO of First Data, and what his plans are for the payments processor.

A heightened regulatory focus may be a direct result of early positioning as a business distanced from the rest of the payments industry, which may be keeping more banks from offering prepaid products.

An increase in interest income and drop in expenses lifted Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., last quarter.

Some of the most influential women in payments, with backgrounds at American Express, Fifth Third, Fiserv and other companies, share what they learned as they advanced their careers.

Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has picked Joseph Seiler to head commercial banking.

Building a nation of savers will keep more money in our economy, make responsible credit more accessible and improve resiliency when setbacks occur.

Former managers of Southern Community Financial have filed a lawsuit against Capital Bank Financial in Coral Gables, Fla., claiming that the companies' merger agreement violated their employment contracts.

Higher expenses offset an uptick in fees at HomeStreet Bank in the first quarter.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City is planning to raise up to $100 million through its online broker-dealer subsidiary.

Residents of this city's troubled west side finally have access to mainstream financial services, thanks to a unique partnership between a credit union and a church.

After years of borrowing branch design ideas from retailers, one expert is advising credit unions to think like web designers.

Looking to change your members' behavior? One person says it starts with the branch-but the branch can only take you so far.

If there's one design element Andrea Simler-DeGolier recommends CUs stay away from, it's posters.

American Express and Wal-Mart launched the Bluebird card last October. By January, it had over 575,000 account holders and $275 million in funds loaded onto the cards. Eighty-five percent of Bluebird customers are new to Amex, and 45% under 35.

Banco Santander SA, Spain's biggest bank, named Javier Marin as chief executive officer to replace Alfredo Saenz, who resigned.

Folks often ask me how we come up with ideas for the stories published in American Banker Magazine. My answer is that there are all kinds of ways, and this issue perfectly illustrates several of them.

The top 200 community banks and thrifts as ranked by three-year average ROE.

The success of early microfinance programs has attracted big money, and big problems, to the business. A new study details how the mission of microlending has gotten off track, and why helping impoverished women is getting harder to do.