Consumer banking
Mortgage bondholders are crying foul and lining up their lawyers over losses they would incur if servicers write down investors' holdings.
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Union Bank's deal to buy Pacific Capital is making the U.S. Treasury's decision to a quick write-down on its investment in the target on look like a shrewd choice.
March 19 -
With the economy gaining momentum and bank balance sheets improving, bankers gathered in Florida this week for the annual Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium showed a sharp top-line focus.
March 14
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Union Bank of California is buying bank holding company Pacific Capital, in one of the largest bank deals in years.
March 12 -
Cadence Bancorp's offer of 2.4 times tangible book value for Houston's Encore Bancshares has revived hopes that the M&A is coming back.
March 8 -
Actions by the CFPB and Fannie Mae could upend big banks' controversial practices of taking out insurance policies on borrowers' homes.
March 7 -
Encore Bancshares is the latest Texas bank to sell itself for a nice price, even as bank M&A stutters outside the state.
March 6 -
The threat of an economic setback is real despite general optimism, warns Joseph Ficalora, the chief executive of New York Community Bancorp.
March 6 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is embarking on an ambitious study to better understand community banks. It doing so, it's looking beyond the traditional measure size.
March 1 -
Bank of America's efforts to revamp the way it charges customers for checking accounts have landed it back in the news, but the bank is not alone in trying to figure out a way to make up consumer banking revenue lost to regulations.
March 1
