Robert Barba is the technology editor of American Banker. Robert previously served as deputy editor of American Banker's dealmaking and strategy section. He joined American Banker in late 2007 as a community banking reporter, just in time for the financial crisis. Robert played a lead role in covering community banks' struggle for survival in the years following the downturn. Robert has appeared on Fox Business to discuss bank failures and the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program. Prior to joining American Banker, Robert was a general business reporter at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Stuart, Fla. He began his career as a business desk intern at The Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera. Robert is based in New York.
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As technological problems forced the New York Stock Exchange to grind to a halt Wednesday, financial services insiders and observers weighed in on the vulnerabilities of increasingly electronic financial systems.
By Sarah ToddJuly 8 -
ING recently launched its InsideBusiness platform, which aims to allow corporate clients to do things like manage their global liquidity from anywhere in the world. The product, which will be expanded slowly, is part of the company's push to compete for commercial clients in the U.S.
By Robert BarbaJuly 2 -
The former FDIC chairman said during a recent conference call that banks with a traditional model essentially community banks have been hurt by the Fed's interest rate policy and the trickle-down tactics of regulation.
By Robert BarbaJuly 2 -
Green Dot MoneyPak cards were phased out late last year because of fraud concerns, but they are finding a new life on Netflix. The hit show "Orange Is the New Black" features the prepaid reload cards in a storyline in the women's prison that houses the main characters.
By Robert BarbaJuly 1 -
Several years have passed since ING's high-profile sale of its U.S. online-banking business, but it quietly remained an active player in commercial lending. Now the Dutch bank, which recently added a sixth U.S. business-lending office, hopes the energy boom will propel its growth here.
By Robert BarbaJune 29 -
Bankers are banding together to combat cybercrime and Chris Feeney, new head of the Financial Services Roundtable's technology arm, wants to play a central role in keeping it a team effort.
By Robert BarbaJune 22