Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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While the retail lobby won in the political arena and successfully decreased its costs through price-fixing, the biggest loser in this situation was the American consumer.
September 13 -
Hilltop Holdings in Dallas has promoted Alan White to share the chief executive role with Jeremy Ford.
September 13 -
With new fintech investments tapering off and banks starting to get the hang of digital innovation, young companies need to take a hard look at their business models.
September 13 -
Wells Fargo & Co. eliminated product sales goals for its consumer bankers as the company seeks to reassure regulators, lawmakers and customers after employees opened accounts without clients' approval.
September 13 -
A fintech startup called Point is allowing consumers sell a piece of their home equity to investors, rather than borrowing against the value of their houses.
September 13 -
New credit card accounts at JPMorgan Chase have grown by double digits thanks partly to its embrace of borrowers with lower FICO scores, but it sought to reassure investors that credit quality has suffered only slightly.
September 12 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday it has ordered Bridgepoint Education to refund $23.5 million for deceiving students into taking out private student loans that cost more than advertised.
September 12 -
Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts has recruited two finance executives to spearhead its new asset-based lending practice.
September 12 -
Lending Club, which has been rebuilding its executive ranks in the wake of a recent scandal, is hiring Thomas Casey as its chief financial officer.
September 12 -
The $222 billion-asset company has not yet publicly stated the number of branches or markets to be affected, but it "would be closing and consolidating some branches in early December," BB&T spokesman David White on Monday.
September 12 -
Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is seeking to raise as much as $133.5 million through two avenues: a newly announced preferred stock offering and previously announced secondary sales of common stock.
September 12 -
Digital payments tools can help commercial clients run their business more efficiently, but in a world still dominated by paper checks banks may need to show their customers the benefits.
September 12 - Georgia
Years of branch closures and job cuts are paying off for banks in the form of much-improved efficiency ratios. But with low interest rates still crimping profits, banks remain under pressure to continue reducing expenses.
September 12 -
Groups in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and elsewhere are stepping up efforts to create programs and conferences dedicated to younger bankers, including millennials.
September 12 -
While troubling factors such as higher risk profiles may be behind the recent lending boom, the industry could also just be returning to the historical average for loan growth following the "Great Panic" of 2008-2010.
September 12 -
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has made good on its promise to keep key PrivateBancorp executives.
September 9 -
The revelation Thursday that Wells Fargo employees were opening accounts for customers without their consent is sparking doubt about the accuracy of the reported growth in the credit card business. The scandal also casts in a harsh new light on Wells strategy of building a large credit card operation through its branch network.
September 9 -
Overseers of banks' data analytics strategies share their thoughts on what other industries do a good job with data, how banks should approach analytics and how they explain their job to mom and dad.
September 9 -
A group of financial industry players including mortgage servicers and credit unions are joining together to form a new coalition promoting workforce diversity.
September 9 -
Home purchase lending hit its highest point since 2007 as low interest rates and growing consumer confidence continue to support the housing market.
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