Asta Funding Inc. on Monday reported net income for the first quarter fell from the year-ago period while total revenue increased.

The Nevada Financial Institutions Division has awarded NCS Plus Inc., doing business as RecoverHoaDues.com, a license to act as a collection agency for homeowners associations in Las Vegas.

Fourth-quarter interest income and margins rose at Park Sterling (PSTB) in Charlotte, N.C., after an acquisition that doubled its assets.

The company has removed 'North Jersey' from its name and is seeking capital for possible acquisitions. Analysts meanwhile believe New York makes sense for expansion.

Robin McGraw, chief executive of Renasant in Tupelo, Miss., celebrated his deal for First M&F and the University of Mississippi football team's recruiting coup.

Renasant's willingness to pay a premium for First M&F, a small bank in the Deep South, indicates just how hungry banks are to put capital to use.

Breaking up the biggest banks would be futile, onetime Citigroup (NYSE:C) eminence and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Thursday.

Darrell Fletcher is leader of the Columbus, Ohio, company's new commodities hedging service and its third specialty hire from another bank in recent months.

DBA International, the largest association for debt buyers, announced Thursday that members have amended the organization’s bylaws making Debt Buyer Certification a requirement for DBA membership by 2016.

Renasant in Tupelo will buy First M&F in Kosciusko in a merger of Mississippi banks.

JPMorgan Chasereclaimed the No. 1 title by market value, nudging Wells Fargo, as the impact of last year's wrong-way bet on derivatives fades and investors wager on an investment-banking rebound.

Customers Bank is buying a commercial loan portfolio based in New England from Flagstar. The deal would reunite Jay Sidhu with some valuable former employees.

The recently renamed ConnectOne Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has filed to raise up to $46 million through an initial public offering.

First Niagara (FNFG) in Buffalo has created a banking region that includes branches it bought last year from HSBC.

Flagstar has asked the Treasury to delay the sale of its Tarp shares, will have to pay more than $90 million in connection with a bond insurer's lawsuit, and announced the sale of more commercial loans.

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The U.S. government has padded its return on aid to Citigroup (NYSE:C) during the financial crisis.

A Chicago private-equity firm has acquired a mortgage company from a struggling Milwaukee bank.

Payments processor Elavon is expanding its distribution network in Canada with a deal to acquire Toronto-based Collective Point of Sale Solutions.

The nation's biggest asset manager now owns roughly 6% of the outstanding stock in UMB, the companies disclosed in Tuesday filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.