Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace in the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city minority neighborhoods. ...more

August 19, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - A seven-member group of investors has agreed to buy the remnants of failed lender IndyMac Bank, a symbol of the U.S. housing boom and bust, for $13.9 billion, federal regulators said Friday. ...more

January 4, 2009

Police released photos this morning of a déjà vu bank bandit – a bearded man they say has worn the same clothes while robbing three branches of the Fifth Third Bank since June. ...more

September 26, 2008

Diane Klein wasn't sure what she would trust more to hold her money - IndyMac Bank or a hole in her backyard. ...more

July 17, 2008

Police ordered angry customers lined up outside an IndyMac Bank branch to remain calm or face arrest Tuesday as they tried to pull their money out on the second day of the failed institution's federal takeover. ...more

July 16, 2008

Regional bank National City Corp. said Wednesday it is slashing its dividend by half and shutting its wholesale mortgage division, eliminating 900 jobs, because of weakened housing and credit markets. ...more

January 3, 2008

Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan. ...more

September 16, 2007

When you think of bank safety, you likely think of bulletproof glass, dye packs and hidden buzzers underneath a teller's window. ...more

September 9, 2007