In a move designed to improve access to financial products for consumers with low credit scores and short credit histories, Experian, FICO and Finicity are developing an "UltraFICO" score that lets individuals share checking and savings account data and help lenders better assess risk.

The company is facing criticism after a big chargeoff on two properties, showing that investors have little patience when a risky business model shows signs of distress.

The Providence, R.I., company reported a 27% gain in profits thanks partly to a boost in fee income from its purchase of Franklin American Mortgage in August.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lowered the $14 billion-asset thrift in Cleveland to “needs to improve” from "satisfactory."

Bank of America is taking what consumers are accustomed to on the banking side and applying that to its lending division to offer a consistent digital experience, says John Schleck, the bank’s senior vice president.

First Foundation sold loans to Freddie Mac to free up space for higher-yielding credits. It then bought the securities that were formed to replace other, lower-yielding assets through an often overlooked program.

The cuts are part of a broader effort to trim expenses by roughly $3 billion a year by 2020.

The changes mandated by the recent regulatory relief law would narrow the definition of "high-volatility commercial real estate" exposures that get a higher risk weight.

Casey Crawford, CEO of Movement Mortgage, bought First State Bank in Virginia last year. He has since injected more capital into the bank in an effort to reinvent it.

The Ohio company agreed to buy TransCounty Title Agency, which has five offices around Columbus.

A number of banks have stepped up efforts to lend to residential developers, though they are mindful of missteps made before the financial crisis.

The Michigan company had been operating under the supervisory agreement since 2010.

Steve Calk, the head of The Federal Savings Bank, was a "co-conspirator" in an effort to defraud the Chicago bank, a prosecutor said at the trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. Could Calk be charged with a crime?

Stephen Calk, the CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, expedited approval of a mortgage to the onetime Trump campaign chair in hopes of winning a job as Treasury secretary or housing secretary, a former bank employee testified Friday.

Five potential witnesses against Paul Manafort, including accountants and bankers, were identified Monday as a U.S. judge gave the former Trump campaign chairman's lawyers more time to review tens of thousands of documents handed over to them in recent weeks.

Bank of America's residential mortgage origination volume fell short of last year's in its second-quarter earnings despite gains from digital sales and seasonal home buying, and broader consumer lending strength.

Level One Bank in Farmington, Mich., has hired a team of mortgage bankers from MB Financial, which previously announced it was shutting down this business line.

A new court filing suggests that Stephen Calk was named to a 13-member economic advisory team in 2016 in exchange for approving a $9.5 million loan to former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

The deal is designed to improve capital ratios and reduce risk at the Seattle company.

Commercial real estate is their bread and butter, but many banks are scaling back in this vital loan category. Here’s why.