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Baltimore's Capital Funding Bancorp, the parent of CFG Community Bank, has agreed to a consent order with state and federal bank regulators to shore up its corporate governance and management review processes.

Local credit unions offer Marylanders an alternative to big, national financial institutions

Lawsuit alleges city clinic didn't comply with two subpoenas

President Obama should march to Wall Street and announce that he's bringing back the Glass-Steagall act.

Consumers are more interested in switching banks given debit card fees.

Tickets are on sale for the Harford County Public Library's seventh annual gala, the Sapphire Supper Club.. Enjoy an "Evening in the Stacks," which will be held Nov. 5 at the Abingdon Library from 7 to 11 p.m. The event, the county library system's largest fundraiser, is anticipated to attract more than 400 guests. Tickets are $90 each.

APG Federal Credit Union, Harford and Cecil County's largest credit union, has announced Thomas J. Arena recently joined the credit union's marketing department in the new position of product manager.

On Oct. 8, six youngsters from Hiss United Methodist Church, along with adult leaders and the church's two pastors, Mark Smiley and George Weitzel, spent the day digging potatoes as part of the Change the World Campaign of the United Methodist Church.

Fairmount Bancorp, the holding company of its namesake bank in Rosedale, announced Thursday that it had completed the acquisition of Baltimore's Fullerton Federal Savings Association.

Local credit unions have seized on the public's discontent with big banks to step up their marketing efforts to pull in more customers.

The only un-American things about the Occupy Wall Street protests are the people calling them un-American.

Baltimore County Savings Bank announced Friday that it has converted from a federally-chartered savings institution to a Maryland-chartered commercial bank.

Retailers react to BofA $5 debit card fee

The Baltimore Sun recently spoke with Mark Kaufman about the health of state-chartered banks and consumer complaints about loan modification companies and debt collectors.

William J. "Bill" Obrigkeit, a banker and a noted dressage rider, died Saturday of a massive heart attack at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Va. He was 54.

William J. "Bill" Obrigkeit, a banker and a noted dressage rider, died Saturday of a massive heart attack at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Va. He was 54.

A state audit released this week found that the agency responsible for child support failed to collect more than $1.7 billion over three years, largely because of insufficient enforcement.

A 39-year-old Baltimore woman was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison Friday for bank fraud and identity theft, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Terror attacks changed Harford County as well as the nation

The number of Maryland homeowners who are behind on their mortgages still is falling, but the pace of that decline has slowed as rising unemployment puts more pressure on borrowers, numbers released Monday show.

London rioters are the result of dysfunctional society

Q&A interview with banker John Delaney, who founded the nonprofit Blueprint Maryland to help the state chart a path to economic growth that doesn't rely so heavily on federal spending.

The move by the federal government to end the sale of paper savings bonds at banks and credit unions next year is bad news for savers in more ways than one.

Conduct your own treasure hunt for lost money. Such digging is fast and easy because states and the federal government post information online about inactive bank accounts, forgotten savings bonds and lost pensions.

A federal grand jury has indicted a pair of Washington men who tried to steal $1.4 million from the city's public housing authority by electronically transferring funds to a non-existent business, according to authorities.

You might not have paid attention to the fierce year-long battle between merchants and banks over debit cards, but you'll likely notice last week's outcome in your wallet.

Elizabeth Warren treated as a rock star in Baltimore town hall meeting

Blunders and outright misconduct by the companies servicing Americans' home loans are so common — and so difficult for homeowners to resolve — that the system is effectively broken, borrower advocates and an increasing number of regulators say.

The other evening, former Baltimore Sun reporters C. Fraser Smith and Antero Pietila were in the studios of WYPR radio discussing the life of William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams, who died Monday at 97.

Some banks soon will find it more difficult to slap consumers with overdraft fees — a boon to customers who discover that one misstep can lead to a cascade of penalties.

Charles L. Schelberg, a retired Eastern Shore banker and a World War II veteran, died June 19 of pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 86.

Coldwell Banker rates housing markets

Robert G. Wilmers, M&T Bank Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer, has been leading the Buffalo, N.Y. bank's shopping spree in Maryland.

Everyman Theatre begins work on new home on Baltimore's west side.

Housing starts are down, but that's not bad news; we can stimulate the economy by improving what we have, rather than adding to the market glut

Hugh K. Holmes, a retired lawyer, banker and volunteer who wrote poetry in his spare time, died May 16 of renal failure at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 92.

Fewer Maryland homeowners were behind on mortgage payments or in foreclosure in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, reflecting a real estate market on the mend, statistics released Thursday show.

Creating a series of stores for the sale of lightly used goods in vacant homes throughout Baltimore could help boost employment and revitalize neighborhoods.

James E. Rohr, chairman and CEO of PNC Bank, sat down with The Baltimore Sun to discuss the bank's Maryland market, opportunities to expand and new financial regulations affecting banks and customers.

Bank of America sues BBH for access to financial records