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Like a few other banks with similar initiatives, Wells Fargo is not counting on a financial return for its new accelerator program. Rather, it's looking for more intangible benefits.

Branch managers in Ferguson, Mo., are coping with modified hours and the presence of law enforcement and the Missouri National Guard. Bankers are dedicated to staying open in an area where branches are particularly important to customers.

Trying to woo Hispanic clients? Talk to them about simple, low- or no-risk investment products.

Deutsche Bank has hired two executives to oversee technology and operations.

The Connecticut company was an early adopter of branch modernization, starting an effort four years ago that has led to the closure of underperforming locations, enhanced digital offerings and use of universal bankers.

The coming year expects to be hectic for banks' regulatory teams as a bottleneck of new rules come due, including everything from the proprietary trading ban to Basel III to a new mortgage disclosure framework.

Diebold, best known as an ATM manufacturer, is rebranding and diversifying itself and promoting its consulting services on a popular banking topic: how to redefine branches as sales and service hubs.

Both were booted from the brokerage industry for misappropriating customer funds.

The Canadian bank's viral YouTube clip comes as the industry struggles to use social media effectively.

The North Charleston-based credit union chose CUSO Financial Services to expand its 18-year-old investment program.

Brendan John Osweiler was barred this week for attempting to swindle an elderly customer, according to FINRA.

The brokerage and insurance units of Compass Bank were ordered to cough up money to compensate an elderly couple for duping them into buying one too many annuities.

President Obama became the latest policymaker to wish he could make the regulatory system simpler and more efficient. Yet there are powerful reasons why it will never happen. Here's why.

UBS is considering buying a wealth-management firm in Brazil as it seeks to expand that business sevenfold by 2020, said Sylvia Coutinho, chief executive officer of the lender’s Brazil unit.

Barry Milinovich was expelled for allegedly stealing $10,100 from a bank customer's savings account.

The Fed is trying to change as little as possible as it crafts its strategy to exit from record stimulus. The trouble is financial markets have changed so much that the still-developing plan may prove costly and ultimately unworkable.

Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and David Vitter, R-La., continued to press their case over "too big to fail" in the wake of a new government report that raises fresh questions about the size of a market subsidy for the largest institutions.

Most bankers expect to see deposits flow out of their coffers next year if interest rates rise as expected, and some are starting to estimate how many. Whether the trend is good or bad depends on each bank's specific situation, but everybody has to get ready.

UBS is facing more than $600 million in damage claims filed by Puerto Rico investors in closed-end bond funds, the bank said in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday.

The new "SendMyDocs" app helps clients who live far from their bank or credit union as well as the advisors trying to serve them.