Consumer banking
Social networking giant Facebook is already a half-billion dollar payment company. For banks, that presents threats and opportunities.
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Banks have been successful at beating back legal challenges to credit card payment protection plans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could change that.
February 9 -
The Obama administration rolled out details of a new plan to help millions of homeowners refinance. For banks, the big question is how much of the tab they'll be required to pick up.
February 8
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Bankers are up in arms over the fact that a Congressional oversight has raised doubts about whether documents submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will retain attorney-client privilege.
February 7 -
JPMorgan Chase has tentatively agreed to pay $110 million over allegations that it charged customers excessive overdraft fees. Editors discuss the deal's importance to the other banks trying to settle overdraft claims.
February 6 -
The nation's largest banks are pulling back from buying mortgages, with grim implication for small originators and the housing market.
February 3 -
The president has assembled a new group of state and federal law enforcers to right mortgage wrongs, but observers doubt it will leave much of a mark.
January 31 -
Banks are pulling a page out of the past and expanding personal installment lending in part to avoid the regulatory burdens in other markets.
January 30 -
Banks begin turning to Facebook and other sites to size up customers. Regulations require that they proceed with caution.
January 27 -
Trepp LLC's Matthew Anderson on the disadvantages giant banks face and why midsize banks will survive.
January 24
