Banking News

Wells Fargo Bank provided a $27.2 million construction loan to renovate a Fort Lauderdale shopping center to accommodate Trader Joe's as a tenant.

Hal Brown , CEO of Eugene-based Pacific Continental Corp., the parent company of Pacific Continental Bank , said Thursday he'll retire at the end of the year.

Bank of Nova Scotia has reached a tentative settlement in a long-standing class action lawsuit launched by current and former employees who argue they are owed years of overtime pay.

The Commonwealth Bank's boss, Ian Narev, recently noted that the financial fallout from the bank's financial advice scandal had not been significant and it's probably fair to say that in the longer term it won't sustain any real brand damage.

Scotiabank has agreed to settle an overtime class action lawsuit involving some of its retail branch bank employees.

Euro zone bond yields edged up on Thursday as investors saw better-than-expected economic data as quelling the need for the European Central Bank to loosen monetary policy further.

An artist's installation shows pre-foreclosed homes in Newark, N.J., in July 2009 at the Queens Museum of Art in New York City.

The European Central Bank says contact data have been stolen from a database that serves its public website, though it's stressing that no internal systems or market-sensitive data were compromised.

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Security Service Federal Credit Union has broken ground on a new freestanding branch at 6907 North Loop 1604 East.

Citizens Financial Group says it has hired Anthony Bedikian as managing director of global markets for its Boston-based commercial banking business.

Hudson's Bay Co. is shuttering two Home Outfitters locations as it focuses on making more of its products available online.

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The Maryland Board of Public Works is scheduled to consider a wetlands license for Dominion Resources, as it works toward building a liquefied natural gas export facility in Calvert County.

HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G. announced a net profit of RO5.7m for the first half of 2014.

Bethesda-based Eagle Bancorp Inc. had record quarterly earnings as a jump in net interest income more than offset a decline in mortgage originations.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has found serious problems in Deutsche Bank AG's U.S. operations, including shoddy financial reporting, inadequate auditing and oversight and weak technology, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A 76-year-old military veteran was arrested for disorderly conduct at a public county board meeting for asking officials to speak up when they refused to use the microphones.

Bank of America veteran Steve Boland has been named the new home-loans origination executive for the Charlotte-based bank, filling a newly created position overseeing sales and fulfillment nationwide.