Maria Aspan is the consumer finance editor at American Banker, directing coverage and reporting on credit cards, payments, mortgages and other consumer banking topics. She was previously the consumer finance and payments reporter at American Banker, and most recently was a banking and credit cards reporter at Reuters. She got her start in journalism working for The New York Times in Paris and New York, where she wrote frequently about media, advertising and technology.

HSBC's Year of the Dragon — Did Anyone Warn the Chief Risk Officer?
February 9, 2012 The London bank's U.S. operation this week celebrated the start of the "exciting, unpredictable" lunar Year of the Dragon.

Green Dot 4Q Profit Rises 76%
January 26, 2012 Green Dot Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income rose 76% from a year earlier, to $14.0 million, the prepaid card company said on...

Owens Is Out As Head of Commercial Banking at TD
January 26, 2012 Walter J. Owens, the head of TD Bank's corporate and specialty lending, has left the company as part of an internal...

Banks Boost Growth in Consumer Loan Niche
January 24, 2012 While Citigroup Inc. struggles to get rid of its consumer lending unit, banks including Wells Fargo & Co. and SunTrust Banks...

Citi Remains Set on Selling Consumer Finance Arm
January 17, 2012 Despite challenges finding a buyer, Citigroup still wants to get rid of its OneMain consumer lending business, CFO John...

Citi's Commercial Bank Can't Overcome I-Bank Slump
January 17, 2012 Citigroup's traditional banking businesses improved but could not offset a fourth-quarter revenue slump in investment banking,...

Banking Advice from FUBU's "Shark" Founder
January 17, 2012 Daymond John, the founder of the FUBU clothing brand and a star of the ABC reality series "Shark Tank," offered bankers and...

Cordray Recess Appointment Will 'Weaken' CFPB: Barofsky
January 6, 2012 Former TARP special inspector Neil Barofsky blasted the Obama administration for undermining the CFPB with the recess...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
January 1, 2012 Where did debit strategies go wrong, and where will they go next? Maria Aspan reports from the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum, an...

Failed WaMu Branches Live on at Wal-Mart
December 12, 2011 Former Wal-Mart financial services head Jane Thompson praises the innovative customer service and design of some bank branches...