2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (751+ words) A bank known nationally for punching above its weight in commercial real estate and Small Business Administration lending has decided to lavish some tender loving care on its branch network in Maine in hopes of ultimately strengthening its funding base....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (233+ words) President Donald Trump at the inaugural Republican midterm convention in Dallas revived his push to cap credit card swipe fees in a nearly two-hour address that also promised Americans a $5,000 payday if the GOP stayed in power. Wednesday's comments mark…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (712+ words) After months of pressure from a pair of activist investors, a community bank in Alabama has begun to push back. One day after shareholders Jason Blumberg and Aaron Sallen publicly demanded to be put on the company's board of directors,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (432+ words) Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, is lining up its future chief executive, even as its current CEO says he plans to keep leading the regional bank for around two more years. Brant Standridge has been appointed president of the $284 billion-asset…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (710+ words) Executives at Seattle-based WaFd Inc. and EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Florida, insist they'll be stronger together since their merger, announced late Monday, addresses key issues for both companies. For the $46.7 billion-asset EverBank the deal diversifies a funding profile that has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (916+ words) First National Bank of Omaha, long a fixture in Northern Colorado, has agreed to pay about $200 million for an acquisition that will give it a presence in the Centennial State's southern half. The all-cash deal for Denver-based InBankshares Corp. comes…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (780+ words) For decades, checks have been lauded as a dying payment method, but that isn't stopping JPMorganChase from investing in its lockbox business through AI-powered automation and robotics. Lockboxes are services provided by banks to corporate clients that collect and process…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (813+ words) Shareholder activism at banks is not expected to die down in the latter part of 2026, as some investors continue to use their ownership stakes to push for managerial and operational changes. "The setup is not a whole lot different from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) Check-out stressI do a lot of the grocery shopping in our household. For the last several months, maybe this whole year, really, the experience has been different. Every single time I check out, I get antsy. It seems like no…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (594+ words) With contactless payments becoming common, Walmart is easing its restriction on Apple Pay and its supporting technology, ending one of the payment industry's longest standoffs. "Contactless volume overall has grown significantly, especially for mobile wallets, meaning this has become a…...