Consumer banking
The best banks to work for often provide their employees with good benefits and flexible schedules but they also have more specialized perks, from free rental cars to career counseling, according to American Banker Magazine's November cover story. Editor-in-Chief Heather Landy discusses what sets some banks apart in the workplace.
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A Federal Reserve study has added new urgency to mortgage lenders' search for a way to navigate between the qualified mortgage rule and fair lending statutes. American Banker staffers discuss.
October 28 -
Regulatory concerns dominated the dialogue at a recent debt collections conference in Chicago. Industry practitioners offered a recipe for operating under strict new oversight and for complying with a raft of new regulations. American Banker editors discuss.
October 24
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The person-to-person payments market is heating up and has banks going head-to-head with a pack of crafty upstarts. At stake is a service that, after numerous false starts, may be on the verge of replacing cash for a wide range of transactions.
October 21 -
Banks of all sizes are looking to ramp up wealth management operations as other businesses sputter. Along with the promise of high fee income come high risks-including the regulatory and reputational varieties. American Banker editors discuss.
October 18 -
The U.S. Senate's leadership in resolving the government shutdown offers evidence that its also likely to lead the way in reforming mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That's good news for the many bankers who favor the bipartisan Corker-Warner bill over a House alternative authored by Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling.
October 17 -
About 80% of Bank of the West's wealth management customers are existing customers from elsewhere in the bank, according to John Bahnken, head of wealth management for the San Francisco bank.
October 13 -
The San Francisco unit of French bank BNP Paribas is in the "early part" of its plans to enlarge its asset-management operations, but Bank of the West already has tripled its number of financial advisors and doubled its number of wealth-management customers.
October 13 -
WIB PHKeyCorp's Beth Mooney on what her CEO role symbolizes.
October 11 -
Lifetime Achievement honoree Ellen Alemany notes how the industry has evolved since the start of her career. Alemany, the recently retired head of RBS Citizens Financial Group, accepted the award at an American Banker gala celebrating the industrys most powerful women.
October 11
