
Kristin Broughton
Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.

Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.
The subprime auto lender late Friday provided the final details of its separation agreement with Thomas Dundon, who stepped down two years ago in a leadership shake-up.
As the banking industry moves closer to adopting a faster payments system, bank executives have begun to think through the impact it will have on clients and banks themselves.
The San Francisco company said Friday that it has terminated Franklin Codel, effective immediately, over an interaction he had with a former employee regarding that employee's termination.
It’s good to be a business lender with a long contact list. Loan growth is weak and the talent pool has been shrinking, so banks big and small are paying top dollar to get an edge.
Under changes announced Tuesday, the San Francisco company will provide a one-day grace period on overdraft fees to its direct deposit customers. It also eliminated overdraft fees on all transactions of under $5.
As the banking industry moves closer to adopting a faster payments system, bank executives have begun to think through the impact it will have on clients and banks themselves.
Ronald O’Hanley withdrew from law school at Vanderbilt University in 1983 after admitting to plagiarism while editor-in-chief of the school’s law review, according to a news report.
Fintechs should learn to value risk management — and the necessary bureaucracy that comes with it, bankers said this week in defending themselves again criticism that they are a pain in the neck to work with.
The heads of some of the largest U.S. banks are calling for a new security-focused mindset among executives, better forms of ID and collective action in the aftermath of the Equifax breach.
Top banking executives called the Republican tax plan an important first step toward tax reform and economic stimulus, but questions immediately arose about whether trade-offs and complexities in the bill would undercut it.
Fifth Third, U.S. Bancorp and others aim to design a short-term credit product that would satisfy their various regulators, but exactly how and how quickly they should go about it is murky at this point.
The Puerto Rico-based company set aside nearly $70 million for anticipated losses related to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
TCF is looking to diversify its streams of revenue as it dials back auto lending amid concerns about weakening credit quality.
The Dallas consumer lender says it plans to boost subprime originations again after retooling its portfolio and taking stock of the economy.
Quarterly results at the Santa Clara, Calif., company got a boost from stronger lending to venture capital and private-equity firms.
The New Jersey company reported lower third-quarter profit that included severance costs from a two-year program to boost its bottom line.
Provision costs surged to $44.5 million from $1.2 million. The company attributed that increase to higher chargeoffs in its taxi book.
The New York bank's total loans rose 8% to $31 billion from a mix of commercial real estate and specialty finance credits.
The Minneapolis company is considering re-entering a business it exited under pressure from its regulator in 2014.
Net interest margin widened 12 basis points, too. Those lending results offset a decline in fee income at the Minneapolis company, which saw earnings rise 4%.