Financial institutions

Many lenders are establishing a firm bottom on variable interest rates amid intense competition for commercial credits, rising deposit costs and the possibility that the Fed could take rates to unprecedented lows.

A 10% cut next year, which will be identical to the fee reduction this year, is projected to save the industry about $85 million.

Hamp Johnston, a former market executive at JPMorgan Chase, would serve as RockPoint Bank's president and CEO. The bank would be based in Chattanooga.

A recent bill would require financial institutions to provide data on suspicious firearms transactions as part of anti-money laundering efforts.

A recent bill would require banks to provide data on suspicious firearms transactions as part of anti-money-laundering efforts.

Toronto-Dominion Bank would end up with a smaller stake in a larger brokerage if Schwab and TD Ameritrade combined. But it could parlay that stake into funds for a U.S. bank acquisition.

The House Financial Services chair is sponsoring a bill with one of the Democratic presidential contenders aimed at alleviating the public housing capital backlog.

New American Customer Satisfaction Index data shows consumers slightly favored banks, which are benefiting from investments in technology.

The Treasury Department's CDFI Fund issued nearly $32 million to credit unions this week after providing $3.5 million in technical assistance grants earlier this year.

Avid Modjtabai, who runs Wells Fargo's payments and technology innovation unit, is leaving the firm as new Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf continues to shake up top management.

The smooth and relatively short process should be encouraging to other big banks that are eyeing deals. But their window of opportunity may not last long.

The regulators approved the deal after nine months of consideration, but the Fed hit SunTrust with a consent order tied to "unfair and deceptive" business practices from 2013 to 2017.

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed steps Monday for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians plans to form a holding company and raise $25 million for Legacy Bank.

A recent bank failure and a new legislative effort are again drawing attention to the struggles of black-owned banks since the crisis — and the fact that only 21 are left.

Allen Parker, who led Wells Fargo during its six-month search for a new chief executive, will leave the bank next year.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., has proposed a bill to bar companies such as Rakuten from using industrial loan companies to access the banking system.

The Louisiana company's willingness to combine with First Horizon without a big initial payday is fueling talk that other banks could be keen on selling at relatively inexpensive prices.

A group has filed paperwork with the FDIC to form Legacy Bank in Temecula.

BB&T and SunTrust had to sell the branches to get Justice Department approval of their merger, a key step toward closing the deal.