Wells Fargo has fired its consumer credit solutions head and three other senior managers for actions related to a scandal involving employees creating fraudulent customer accounts.

In addition to transforming Columbia Banking System and navigating it through the financial crisis, Dressel was an industry leader.

The number of new checking accounts at the embattled Wells Fargo fell by double digits year over year, and account closures remained brisk. Yet the figures on credit card applications were worse.

CUs celebrate the music of Harry Potter, real estate lending landmarks, and the credit union difference.

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RI’s State Treasurer will open deposit accounts with local CUs and banks.

After recording a $35.9 million quarterly loss, the online small-business lender said that it plans to reduce its annual expenses by $20 million, cut 11% of its staff and more than double its loan-loss provision from a year earlier.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with the fintech firm Roostify to build a digital self-service mortgage platform.

School spirit, creative fundraisers and modernized branches are all part of the latest round-up of credit union community news.

Bond Street targets small businesses that might be able to qualify for a bank loan but are looking for a faster and easier approval process.

Seacoast Commerce Banc Holdings in San Diego will keep more of its small-business loans on its balance sheet in response to rapidly changing economic and political conditions.

The risk, complexity and psychological biases related to financial products make them ill-suited for push-based selling tactics. Instead, banks should use their digital channels to help customers decide what they want.

The San Francisco online lender reported a $32 million loss in the fourth quarter, which brought red ink for the full year to $146 million.

More and more banks are using advanced geographic information systems to help make decisions around branch consolidation, lending in low-income communities, monitoring fraud and even deploying talent.

Credit unions that scored well in MagnifyMoney's Mobile Bank App Study reveal the secret sauce for boosting mobile banking usage.

Helping the troops, donating to schools, providing assistance for life-saving research and much more.

Rather than roll back provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that have strengthened financial stability, policymakers should focus regulatory reform on tailoring rules for community banks.

In a first for the Aloha State, two CUs there have entered into a branch-sharing agreement.

The Senate voted 53-47 to approve Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary; customers will soon be able to access cash at ATMs using their cellphones

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are among the large institutions that are making fewer car loans amid intense price competition and concerns that lenders are at risk of bigger losses.