Apple's recent smartphone revenue decline contrasts with strength in wearables and services, making these alternative venues increasingly important to Apple Pay's continued success.

Assets increased 6% in 2018 to nearly $52 billion as loan originations surged and the company redeployed $2 billion of cash into higher-yielding securities.

The Las Vegas-based institution has returned more than $63 million to members in the last 19 years.

Earnings fell well short of analysts' estimates due in part to a 28% increase in interest expenses.

The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank predicted a strong year, saying the high-tech and other niches it serves are built to withstand current economic uncertainty.

Discover leaned heavily on rewards to drive new card acquisitions and sales growth in the fourth quarter, but suffered a double whammy of rising reward costs and higher charge-offs, causing it to miss analyst earnings expectations.

Delinquencies, which are on the rise across financial services, clouded an otherwise solid quarter for Discover Financial Services.

The Pennsylvania company said it expects the digital bank to become profitable by the end of this year.

An improved net interest margin helped offset a slight decrease in fee income at the Wisconsin company.

With SBA lending at a standstill, many small businesses can't access the capital they need to create and retain jobs, Stephen Steinour says.

The Dallas company boosted its loan-loss provision in the fourth quarter to cover deteriorating leveraged loans, causing it to miss profit estimates.

The surge in new lending at the Pasadena, Calif., company offset rising deposit costs and sluggish fee-income growth.

The New York company will add $504 million of asset-based and equipment finance loans as part of the acquisition.

The Boston company reported a quarterly profit despite special charges, mortgage headwinds and lost SBA revenue tied to the partial government shutdown.

The Florida bank sold $344 million of taxi-medallion and other loans in the fourth quarter, saying it was positioning itself for the future.

Double-digit gains in net interest income more than offset sluggish growth in fee income at the Salt Lake City company.

The Florida company's earnings increased after it completed a big acquisition and produced strong year-over-year loan production.

The McLean, Va., company also reported a decline in charge-offs on credit card loans.

CEO Greg Carmichael says the Cincinnati bank will hire bankers in Denver, Dallas and Houston as part of a broader expansion into fast-growing markets that are home to lots of midsize firms. It is also interested in buying more fee-based businesses.

The Virginia company cautioned that it expects lending to slow down this year.