Consumer banking
With President Obama touting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a symbol of his support for the little guy, Republicans struggle for a response that resonates with voters.
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A new Citibank application lets users pool rewards points via social media. It could prove attractive to customers and scammers alike.
January 6 -
Verizon Wireless was forced to cancel plans to charge for one-time credit card payments. Its misadventure holds a lesson for bankers.
January 5
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President Obama's decision to call an end-around and avoid opposition to his consumer bureau director runs a serious risk of backfiring.
January 4 -
Despite some notable gains in 2011, for senior women bankers it was a year of two steps forward and one step back.
December 30 -
Banks are between a rock and a hard place these days in figuring out how to recoup the cost of doing business without sparking a public outcry.
December 29 -
Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debated whether banks should keep adding deposits to build customer relationships down the road.
December 29 -
For Bank of America, its recent decision to sell credit card assets says a lot about its need to focus. For other bankers, it says a lot about the opportunity to become buyers.
December 28 -
Our roundtable panelists discuss the best ways that banks can deploy capital in 2012.
December 28 -
With General Electric buying deposits from MetLife, bankers have good reason to ponder the broader meaning to the competitive landscape.
December 27
