Consumer banking
Want to sell your bank for the best possible price? It will pay to ride the merger wave early, dealmakers say.
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A flurry of new mortgage rules are overwhelming home lenders some they feel are too strict and others too ill-defined to decipher.
October 22 -
Daniel Schulman at American Express and Daniel Eckert at Walmart defend their new Bluebird account against critics who argue the product should have FDIC backing.
October 19
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The good news is that several dozen banks are projected to outpace peers in loan growth in the year ahead. The bad news: only half will profit from doing so.
October 18 -
Comptroller Tom Curry remains committed to a push for higher capital levels, but he also suggested this week that agencies are considering other ways to reduce Basel IIIs burden on community banks.
October 17 -
Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo calls for capping the size of banks, lawsuit proliferate, earnings roll in.
October 12 -
The new Bluebird prepaid card from American Express and Walmart could pose a threat to rival cards and checking accounts.
October 11 -
NBT Bancorp's agreement to buy Alliance Financial in New York is an M&A rarity a sizable deal between healthy seller that could signal more such transactions to come.
October 10 -
Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair finally offers an opinion on whether to extend TAG, worrying that it's abrupt end would only help too big to fail banks and the money market mutual fund industry.
October 9 -
Many lenders are pushing ahead with tight new borrowing requirements as they wait for regulators define a "qualified mortgage," as required by Dodd-Frank.
October 9
