Consumer lending

More than half of the new depositors the online bank added in the fourth quarter are millennials.

The Atlanta fintech is looking to expand rapidly beyond its roots of arranging financing for home improvement projects.

After struggling during the Great Recession, the Las Vegas-based credit union has now posted 27 consecutive quarters of positive results.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won't require payday lenders to assess borrowers’ ability to repay. American Banker reporter Kate Berry explains why.

Auto lending in particular was a strong area for institutions in both states.

A man entered a SunTrust branch in Sebring, Fla., and shot and killed five women, four of whom were bank employees; 24 million mortgage documents exposed in data security lapse; the battle for deposits is like "a steel-cage" match; and more from this week's most-read stories.

The consumer bureau says the online lender improperly extracted millions from over 5,000 accounts without getting authorization.

The New York company will also match donations made by its employees to Feeding America and United Way Worldwide.

Readers weigh in on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's payday rule, consider the gender wage gap in banking, debate restrictions to membership at the Federal Home Loan banks and more.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said unpaid federal workers could borrow to tide themselves over during the government shutdown rather than call in sick to earn a paycheck elsewhere.