Serious delinquencies on auto loans rose to almost 3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the New York Fed. Researchers blame the affordability problem on soaring car prices.
A TD Bank survey found a massive increase in the ranks of people who talk to ChatGPT about their finances. Ted Paris, the bank's head of AI, says banks still have an opportunity here.
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For the 2020 holidays, retailers that enable payment flexibility by catering to global shoppers will prepare themselves for lasting success, ensuring they are on the right side of this industry transformation.
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Even given the huge jump in digital transactions from e-commerce, card brands are holding out for COVID-19 vaccines as a path out of the payment declines that have accompanied 2020’s health and economic crises.
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Dean, who joined Capital One in 2014, succeeds Kleber Santos, who left the bank earlier this month to lead diversity initiatives at Wells Fargo.
A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.
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National Planning Holdings Inc., a Santa Monica, Calif., broker-dealer unit of Prudential PLC, said that its revenue in the first nine months of the year increased 7.4% from the same period last year, to $472 million.
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Wells Fargo & Co.’s deal to acquire Wachovia Corp. has not stopped Wells from launching new investment products, including a new socially responsible fund.
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Most observers agree massive aid for ailing households and failing institutions is necessary, even if it inadvertently rewards those most culpable.
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While San Francisco had the biggest improvement in affordability for prices today versus 2019, Hartford remains in a very deep freeze, First American said.
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Home prices increased 0.9% year-over-year and 0.1% month-over-month in January, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller national home price index.
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Stock prices jumped notably following the billionaire and legacy GSE investor's comment indicating Fannie and Freddie have been "stupidly cheap."
Banks flush with liquidity are likely to keep deposit yields low even as the rates they earn on loans widen, which should result in higher net interest income. One industry analyst predicts “NII to the sky.”
Bank of Montreal has received approval from the the Federal Reserve to acquire San Francisco-based Bank of the West, a combination that will create the 15th-largest U.S. lender.
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By adding device, cryptographic keys and behavioral ID, fake biometrics become harder for crooks to use, according to Bimal Gandhi, CEO of Uniken.
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From anti-money-laundering reform to pot banking, there are deals to be had on financial services legislation. The question is whether anyone wants to make them.
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Issuers should take seriously critics’ claims that they need to monitor the sale of guns more closely, before policymakers force the issue.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Tuesday it had withdrawn from an international body devoted to combatting climate-driven financial risk, saying it fell outside the agency's statutory remit.
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As it closes in on a New York listing, the Swedish fintech partners with the largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. by payment volume.
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A stop-work order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly appointed acting director Russell Vought has created uncertainty about the future of consumer-oriented enforcement activity.
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Lawmakers, citing past failures, say FDIC staffing shortages weaken oversight.
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The Navy has told members not to use the virtual agent from China, and Congress is trying to forbid it among all government workers amid concerns about security.
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Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, the president was asked if he wanted to eliminate the bureau. "I would say, yeah," Trump replied. "Because we're trying to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse."
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Florida-based Amerant Bancorp recently restructured its securities portfolio after selling its Houston branches.
An appeals court ruled that online lender CashCall had waived its right to a jury trial and that its other challenges "lack merit," in a lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2013.
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