Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Beneficial Mutual Bancorp in Philadelphia reported a nearly 50% increase in third-quarter net income led by the sale of nonperforming assets.
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Huntington Bancshares says spend it plans to expand its branch network next year but SunTrust, BB&T and First Horizon are of a mind to keep cutting costs.
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Earnings at Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa., dropped slightly compared with last year, as a reduced return from the bank's loan portfolio squeezed profits.
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Mortgage lenders are threatening to halt lending on condominiums in Nevada after the state Supreme Court upheld a law allowing homeowners associations to foreclose ahead of first mortgage holders.
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Third-quarter earnings at Fidelity Southern in Atlanta increased after it completed a recent acquisition in Florida.
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President Obama may be one of the most powerful men in the world, but he's not immune from the frustrations of having a credit card declined.
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Western Alliance Bancorp. in Phoenix reported higher third-quarter earnings due to double digit growth in loans and revenue.
October 17 - New York
JPMorgan Chase is in early negotiations to build a new headquarters complex in the area of New York's Hudson Yards, the burgeoning district under development on the far west side of Manhattan.
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A U.S. housing regulator plans new steps to encourage banks to lend to buyers with less than-perfect credit scores, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Many lenders think home loans are off-limits for undocumented immigrants because they lack Social Security numbers, but higher-cost loans using borrowers' individual taxpayer identification numbers are available and being made by a handful of firms.
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Richard Hunt of the Consumer Bankers Association explains the industry's beef with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint portal particularly the agency's proposal to include "narratives" in the information published.
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Loan growth, bigger trading gains, and additional interest income from a first-quarter acquisition helped BancFirst in Oklahoma City beat third-quarter earnings estimates.
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First Financial Bankshares in Abilene, Texas reported higher third-quarter profits than a year earlier, driven by strong performance from its loan portfolio.
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First Horizon National in Memphis, Tenn., beat analysts' estimates for a second consecutive quarter, posting net income of $45 million 19 cents a share paced by strong revenue growth and continued improvement in credit quality.
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Among the most intriguing aspects of DocMagic's $1.2 million acquisition of eSignSystems is the relationships DocMagic now has with vendors that private label eSignSystems technology, many of whom compete with its own document preparation software.
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Community Health Systems Inc., a Franklin, Tenn.-based for-profit hospital operator, faces a lawsuit as a result of a large data theft that left patient information of an estimated 4.5 million people at risk.
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Comerica in Dallas reported broad loan and deposit growth in the third quarter, increasing net income 4%, to $154 million, from a year earlier.
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As the CFPB focuses on the screening processes that banks use to vet checking account applications, regulators should try to maintain a balance between safety and soundness concerns and consumer protection.
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The White House is slated to unveil a major package of initiatives on Friday to increase data security for financial transactions, including an executive order to add chip-and-PIN technology to government-issued credit and debit cards.
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People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., said solid growth in commercial and mortgage loans drove third-quarter net income up 5% to $61.6 million, or 21 cents per share.
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