Consumer banking
TD Bank, the U.S. unit of the Canadian bank, has hired Christopher Fred as its new head of U.S. credit cards and unsecured lending. The bank's retail partners include Target and Nordstrom.
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The industry is largely missing out on a huge segment of the market for financial services.
October 3 -
When local prosecutors in Los Angeles investigated fake accounts at the San Francisco bank, they were hampered by a provision of state law that prevented them from issuing subpoenas before filing suit. That problem has been remedied under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
September 30
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The report, which examined trends between 2010 and 2021, found that the country's biggest banks only opened 638 branches in low-to-moderate-income communities made up primarily of people of color. That accounts for just 15% of their total branch openings.
September 29 -
The claim that these arrangements are unregulated is inaccurate, and instead, more oversight would destroy the benefits of banks working with fintechs on consumer products.
September 29 -
The Alabama bank must pay $191 million in connection with charges it levied on customers whose account balances went negative before a transaction was posted. Seven years ago, the CFPB imposed a $7.5 million overdraft-related fine on Regions.
September 28 -
Leaders who set clear expectations do not create hostile settings. If anything, good people are motivated knowing what they do is noticed and matters.
September 28 -
Vermont State Employees Credit Union is attracting new cannabis clients so rapidly that it had to press the pause button to add staff. Another New England lender, Needham Bank, is building its own pot banking business through acquisition.
September 26 -
Reports of the death of branch banking have been greatly exaggerated.
September 26 -
The company says it will streamline its United Kingdom operations to focus on private banking and wealth management to serve affluent clients in that market.
September 22
