Consumer banking
United Financial of Massachusetts is buying Connecticut's New England Banchares in a deal that makes a lot of strategic sense. Yet investors have given the buyer a rousing thumbs-down.
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Kip Weissman, partner with law firm Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick in Washington, says lack of options for small banks has more of them weighing whether to partner with similarly sized rivals.
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Kip Weissman, partner with law firm Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick in Washington, says handful of shareholder spats around the country shows how more insurgent investors in small banks are "looking for a sale" to "make a nice return."
May 29
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Los Angeles firm Litigation Compliance Law Center shows how attorneys and mortgage brokers are working to get around the sprit, if not the intent, of regulations designed to protect troubled homeowners.
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"The future is going to be no one company is going to own digital payments and digital commerce," says Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth at American Express, who has met with more than 300 mobile commerce companies in Silicon Valley. "It's going to be a combination of financial services companies, wireless companies, software companies, retailers coming together to think about, how do we offer a better experience for the consumer in this commerce lifecycle."
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Amex has plans to converge its prepaid cards and its digital wallet. Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth, explains.
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Waves were made in early August, when Google announced that its Wallet worked with all major credit cards and American Express counter-announced that no, it does not have an agreement with Google to work with its Wallet. Sean Sposito grills Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth at Amex, about this very public dispute.
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It's a crowded mobile wallet market, with Google, PayPal, Isis and others strenuously pushing their products. Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth, shares what he believes are the strengths of American Expresss Serve digital wallet.
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A closed loop can help eliminate spam and unwanted marketing messages, according to Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth.
May 24 -
American Express has ambitious plans for Serve, Dan Schulman, group president of enterprise growth explains.
May 24
