Investors involved in the Bentley Financial Services certificate of deposit Ponzi scheme could receive their share of the final $32 million in early 2008 after the U.S. Third Circuit Court recently issued an order to speed up the appeals process.

The death rattle at Cal State 9 Credit Union here finally shook the California Department of Financial Institutions into action by forcing the insolvent CU into conservatorship and handing it over to the NCUA on Friday, Nov. 2.

After years of acquiring, Fiserv Inc. is selling off a major chunk of business.

Federal banking regulators are claiming progress in implementation of the Basel II capital standards for U.S. banks.