Consumer banking
Green Dot CEO Steven Streit discusses the growing consumer acceptance of reloadable prepaid debit cards.
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Mortgage bondholders are crying foul and lining up their lawyers over losses they would incur if servicers write down investors' holdings.
March 20 -
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
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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 -
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
