The National Credit Union Administration on Monday released the list of regulations it plans to review this year and is now accepting public comment on them.

Consumer credit rose in December at a seasonally adjusted 5.4 percent annual rate, the Federal Reserve said recently.

The Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation has granted $2,260 to United Community & Family Services Inc. (UCFS) of Norwich.

Stamford-based First County Bank has named Peter George as the winner of its Chocolate Expo Sweepstakes.

The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in West Hartford recently donated $2,000 to Bright Futures Youth Center Inc.

Sometimes growth doesn\’t look great on paper. That\’s what Westfield Financial found out in last year\’s fourth quarter as the company socked away cash to cover its provision for loan losses at the expense of its bottom line.

Cybersecurity is “a serious financial stability concern” and continued high-profile data breaches could cause consumers to lose confidence in payments and resort to less efficient options, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said in a recent speech.

Windsor Locks-based 360 Federal Credit Union has been granted a community charter the by National Credit Union Administration.

Declining non-interest expenses and increasing non-interest income pushed up earnings and helped offset declining mortgage banking activity at SBT Bancorp in the fourth quarter last year.

Bankwell Financial Group finished 2014 on a high note after a rocky year, completing its acquisition of Quinnipiac Bank and surpassing the $1 billion mark in assets.

A Venezuelan financier who ran a massive fraud scheme used investment funds as personal piggy banks to support a lavish lifestyle, including a $5 million home on Connecticut’s Gold Coast, prosecutors said in a memo urging a federal judge to sentence him to at least 12 years in prison.

Waterbury-based Webster Financial Corp., the holding company for Webster Bank, has announced its quarterly dividend.

Citibank has reached an agreement with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman to adopt new policies governing its use of ChexSystems, a consumer reporting agency that screens people seeking to open checking or savings accounts.

Willimantic-based Savings Institute Bank & Trust recently donated $3,290 to cover program expenses for the Windham Youth Food Network.