Alabama Bank CEO Named to Community Development Advisory Board

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.16% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.46%.

Consumer inflation expectations in December 2025 increased at the short-term horizon but remained unchanged at the medium- and longer-term horizons, according to the Survey of Consumer Expectations. At the same time, expectations for finding a job dropped to...

The Federal Reserve announced that it will resume accepting pennies from banks and credit unions at commercial coin distribution locations on Jan. 14, providing services that were previously suspended.

While still wary about inflation and trade tensions, a majority of U.S. business owners are planning to expand their companies and make investments in 2026, according to a new survey by the New Jersey-based Provident Bank.

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee unveiled a new bill they said would boost community banking by promoting de novo bank formation, raising regulatory thresholds and revising agency regulatory and supervisory practices.

The Federal Reserve is reviewing its rules under which “confidential supervisory information” can be shared to help banks better coordinate fraud prevention efforts and mitigate the potential for supervisory abuse, Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said.