Bank channel

Bankers, industry representatives and other experts largely praise the FDIC's plan to unwind troubled behemoths, but suggest a host of issues that the agency needs to address before it can ensure the end of "too big to fail."

The bank agreed to pay $197 million and admitted that it improperly solicited thousands of American clients, ending a U.S. regulatory probe while a broader criminal investigation of tax evasion still looms.

U.S. Bank hires senior executive away from PNC to help lead its Private Client Reserve unit in Florida.

Regulation, succession planning and lending limits are huge issues, particularly for banks with $100 million or less in assets. As a result, more of those banks are taking a hard look at selling themselves.

Three of the new hires joined the firm's family office services group.

Firm's partners say they wanted 'control of our destiny -- we wanted to own our own equity.'

SunTrust SummitView allows customers to integrate financial information in one place and test scenarios that can impact their financial plans.

There are plenty of reasons why small banks may be reluctant to amp up their social media presence. But the past week's bad weather illustrates how these platforms can provide areal value-add.

Banks are preaching the importance of getting low-cost deposits on their books now, ahead of new Basel liquidity rules, and the impending rise of interest rates.

Slowing traffic is forcing banks to train branch staff in the art of making proper referrals, while pushing advisors to be more proactive, say program managers.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati mistakenly informed credit bureaus that a number of customers had filed for bankruptcy.

TD has added a lot of branches and won kudos for its emphasis on customer service, but it's far short of its goal to be No. 3 in retail market share by 2016.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear arguments over Fifth Third Bancorp v. Duddenhoeffer – a case that questions whether it's prudent for companies to offer employee stock ownership within 401(k) investment schemes – will be front and center for retirement plan sponsors this spring.

As the role and responsibilities of compliance officers have grown, so has the need to ensure that those employees can effectively communicate with the rest of the bank.

A former head of commercial real estate at Wilmington Trust was charged with bank fraud, bribery and money laundering, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program announced Friday.

Regulators will soon finalize their plan to establish a new leverage ratio and it is likely to be tougher than a recently implemented global standard, top officials said Thursday.

Banks with more trust assets under management produce less revenue on average than banks with fewer assets, according to a new study from Kehrer Saltzman & Associates.

Bank advisor teams command an estimated $243.2 billion in assets under management, or 39% of all assets in the channel. That's pretty good, considering that only 17% of bank advisors work in teams.

Lawmakers repeatedly returned to the question of whether the five agencies involved in writing the Volcker Rule can enforce it consistently across the various entities they oversee, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing featuring top regulatory officials.

As consumers increasingly transact through digital channels, the Ohio bank is expanding its newer branch concepts to include so-called smart ATMs in a bid to free staffers from managing a cash drawer.