Kevin Wack is American Banker's national editor, and is based in southern California. He was formerly the publication's consumer finance reporter and its Capitol Hill correspondent. Earlier, he worked on financial policy in Washington. He has also reported for the Associated Press and worked as the investigative reporter for the Portland Press Herald in Maine.
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A borrower advocacy group is asking federal banking regulators to investigate PayPal and Synchrony Financial, which partner on a product that is used to offer high-cost education financing.
August 24 -
The election of Mark Chancy continues a trend under CEO Charlie Scharf of adding directors with deep experience in the banking industry.
August 21 -
A federal judge in Florida ruled that lenders are not required to make payments to borrowers' attorneys and accountants unless they struck upfront agreements to do so. The decision has implications for a slew of related lawsuits.
August 20 -
Under the agreement, fintechs and their bank partners will have a safe legal harbor to offer loans, as long as their interest rates do not exceed 36% and they meet various other standards.
August 18 -
Mary Mack is expected to say that other employees were scared of Carrie Tolstedt, according to the bank’s regulators. Tolstedt, one of five former Wells executives facing civil charges in connection with the bank’s phony-accounts scandal, could be fined as much as $25 million.
August 17 -
Covered Care is promising to offer affordable loans to borrowers with credit scores below 700.
August 13 -
Chargeback requests have surged since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as airlines have canceled flights, performers have postponed concerts and supply chain disruptions have delayed the delivery of many goods.
August 12 -
Regulators found fault with the bank’s cloud migration efforts in the years that preceded a 2019 hacking incident.
August 6 -
The prepaid card company benefited from payments that were designed to offset the pandemic’s impact on U.S. consumers.
August 5 -
James Gutierrez will remain on the board of directors and is trying to arrange financing to help keep the struggling company afloat.
August 3
