Performance reports

Business confidence remains high, but Fed data shows commercial borrowing actually decelerated during the first quarter. Fortunately for banks, rate hikes have fattened margins.

JPMorgan Chase is shaking up the way it evaluates employees, introducing a mobile tool that lets workers across the sprawling organization send or receive instant critiques of their colleagues.

With U.S. Bancorp's leadership transition underway, the big question is whether it will deliver faster earnings growth — the one shareholder demand that has proven elusive.

The Louisiana company's call report also indicates that a steep fourth-quarter loss is looming

The French company will still have a majority stake after selling 25 million shares.

Barry Bekkedam was also fined $100,000 for a failed effort to bring in Tarp funds before NOVA failed in 2012.

Wendell Bontrager, formerly a regional president at Old National, will oversee operations, lending at strategy at Equity.

The Las Vegas-based credit union made $4.8 million in the fourth quarter, and $14.9 million in 2016.

This is the second consecutive year the credit union has returned dividends to members.

The author responds to critics who say the national movement to move money from big banks to black-owned institutions may not be fueling many loans to minorities and residents of low- to moderate-income communities.