Consumer banking
Home loan servicers are focusing more on short sales than on loan mods or refis, but they've made significant progress in implementing the terms of a $25 billion settlement with the government, according to a report from independent monitor Joseph Smith.
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Tight budgets and industry upheaval have bankers and their lobbyists planning to keep low profiles in Tampa and Charlotte.
August 27 -
About 6,000 U.S. banks, including those as small as $500 million in assets, are required to implement the "standardized" approach in Basel III. Ernst & Young's Peter Davis discusses the extent of the changes they face.
August 24
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The PayPal-Discover deal; Dunkin' Donuts follows Starbucks into mobile payments; a Bitcoin MasterCard?
August 24 -
The CEO of First PacTrust will now share his title with an investor and director, who the bank hired to oversee nonbank deals.
August 23 -
PayPal will have its payments accepted throughout Discover's network, in a deal that increases the threat to traditional payments giants Visa and MasterCard.
August 22 -
Yes, megabanks provide useful, all-in-one services. But their biggest customers challenge the argument that they need financial behemoths to operate globally.
August 21 -
Mutual thrift execs are having second thoughts about going public as dissident investors mount increasingly aggressive attacks on management. Critics charge the investors with gaming the system.
August 20 -
From Paul Ryan on Volcker to Julie Williams leaving the OCC, Washington managed to dominate banking news during a week when it's traditionally a ghost town.
August 17 -
A new joint venture between retailers and banks takes aim at PayPal, Google Wallet and Isis.
August 16
