Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Laura Oberst will take over as Wells Fargo's head of business banking at yearend.
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Rajinder P. Singh said he deliberated awhile before deciding hes game for the challenge of succeeding John Kanas, and he sought to reassure any investors who had expected Kanas wouldnt go without selling the bank.
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Nearly six months into its partnership with TD Bank in Canada, Moven is on the hunt for additional partners as it looks to take its real-time spending insights to the masses.
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The executive who sold North Fork to Capital One for billions of dollars and later revived BankUnited discusses his plans, and reflects on a long career, now that he is retiring as BankUnited's CEO.
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The $29 billion-asset company said in a regulatory filing Thursday that the "needs to improve" rating will likely restrict its ability to make acquisitions and open branches.
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Scott Conway's resignation from the $292 million-asset bank took effect Aug. 29, according to a regulatory filing issued on Thursday by the bank's holding company, Farmers Capital Bank Corp. in Frankfort, Ky.
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Regulatory infighting over bond loans offered by down payment assistance programs has the potential to curtail lending to first-time buyers and do real damage to homeownership.
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New, stricter regulations on loans to active-duty service members take effect on Oct. 3. Heres a guide for getting ready.
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Suncrest Bank in Visalia, Calif., has agreed to buy Security First Bank in Fresno for $18 million in cash and stock.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can still manage their risk exposure even after reducing or eliminating "loan level price adjustment" fees.
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Emboldened by supportive comments from presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, community development banks are asking regulators for more leniency in areas such as disclosure fees and Bank Secrecy Act enforcement.
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American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.
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A federal district court handed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a major victory this week by ruling that the online loan servicer CashCall engaged in unfair, deceptive and abusive practices by using a "tribal model" to collect on loans in states with usury caps.
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The slow start to Fifth Third's 3%-down mortgage illustrates some of the logistical challenges with such programs, which are on the rise across the industry.
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Blockchain has become popular for some startups selling low-friction cross-border transactions, and Visa is looking for banks to participate in a pilot program to assess potential opportunity in the technology.
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The Mortgage Bankers Association has long been a staunch defender of the mortgage interest deduction. But the group's president and CEO now says he's open to Congress reducing, or even eliminating, the tax break.
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With even community banks getting hit by ransomware attacks, there's a long list of cybersecurity practices that bankers can expect their supervisors to scrutinize during upcoming exams.
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Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., has agreed to name a new board member in exchange for a truce with an activist investor.
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CommunityOne Bancorp in Charlotte, N.C., has scheduled its annual meeting as it waits for regulators to sign off on its sale to Capital Bank Financial in Coral Gables, Fla.
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The inconsistency between what millennials say on surveys and their actual behavior should make bank marketers skeptical about building programs around such research.
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