Melissa Allison

Most community banks compete against their big-bank brethren by emphasizing their smallness, something they equate with personalized service. Oak Brook Bank has taken the opposite view, focusing instead on its...

When it comes to advancement to the top jobs, women at community banks are faring almost as badly as women at big, publicly held banks, according to a new study....

John Nuveen Co., Bank One Corp. and several other financial institutions agreed to pay the federal government more than $12 million to settle charges that they defrauded the U.S. Treasury...

A new bank is preparing to open in Lisle, adding to the already dense banking market in the Chicago area and across the state. Despite the growing competition, however, start-ups...

Richard Vague, the Bank One Corp. executive who stepped down last year because of earnings shortfalls at the credit-card operation he ran, was heartened last week by new Bank One...

Quaker Oats Co., benefiting from strong sales of Gatorade sports drinks, reported second-quarter profit that beat expectations, despite a 2 percent decline in worldwide food sales. The Chicago-based food and...

Bank of America Corp. refinances more homes in the Chicago area's predominantly African-American neighborhoods than any other lender, a seemingly noble undertaking. However, most of those loans carry high interest...

Chicago may be part of the humble Silicon Prairie, but at least one established player from the big, bad Silicon Valley is happy to be doing business here. Silicon Valley...

A new bank that will cater to the Arab-American community plans to open in Bridgeview this fall, and have a branch downtown, three sales offices and more than a dozen...