Had my bank asked, I gladly would have paid $5 a month for all the value my debit card provides

Banks that are caught flat-footed by the Baby Boomers' next big demographic shift will want to avoid the "nobody saw it coming" argument — because it really won't be all that believable.
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Confusing fees, perplexing choices, interactions that can be painful. Retail banking is full of complexities that keep consumers baffled. But will people pay for a simpler experience?

Citi's Bill Johnson did it. Here's what he learned.

A global hard drive shortage could slow upgrade projects.

Its founder relished being a spoiler for bankers. Now he has joined their ranks.

A tiny Texas bank tries to ward off its biggest threats.

It isn't too early to start handicapping the race to lead the House Financial Services Committee.

Fundamentally, banks connect those with money to those who need it. By limiting access to the systems that handle the transactions, banks have been able to charge big fees. But the walls are breaking down now.

The underperformance of big bank stocks last year helped restore their yields to a rough parity with smaller peers, but actual quarterly payouts remained a small fraction of pre-crisis levels.

Safety-and-soundness orders continued to abate late last year in another sign that the banking industry is regaining its balance.

Bank marketers are generally content with how their firms approach social media. The trick now is using digital channels to synthesize what consumers want before they even know they want it.

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