Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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The chief financial officer of Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT) in Helena, Mont., is stepping down to pursue another opportunity.
November 26 -
When Isis launched its mobile wallet nationwide in November, it also launched new technology for customers who want to use their phones instead of cards or cash to pay at the checkout counter. Reporters from American Banker and PaymentsSource tested the new technology and share their findings.
November 26 -
The heads of U.S. Bancorp (USB) and Bank of America (BAC) have been re-elected to the board of The Clearing House, a payments company and trade group owned by the largest U.S. banks.
November 26 -
Mercantile Bank (MBWM) in Grand Rapids, Mich., expects regulatory hang-ups to delay its acquisition of Firstbank (FBMI) in Alma, Mich.
November 26 -
The cap on the size of mortgages that government-sponsored enterprises can guarantee will remain unchanged at the start of 2014.
November 26 -
A plan to sell a Dallas bank to an investor group through a bankruptcy auction could lead to big losses for groups that made investments at the height of the economic crisis.
November 26 -
Both the credit card delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 90 days or more delinquent on their general purpose credit cards) and the average credit card debt per borrower dropped on a yearly basis in the third quarter ended September 30, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.
November 26 -
WASHINGTON Higher interest rates and elevated litigation expenses at one large bank last quarter led to the industry's first year-over-year earnings decline in more than four years.
November 26 -
Capital One Financial (COF) has a new chief of Canadian operations, Shane Holdaway.
November 26 -
Alliance Bancorp Inc. of Pennsylvania (ALLB) in Broomall will face a proxy challenge from activist investor PL Capital.
November 26 -
First Merchants (FRME) in Muncie, Ind., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.
November 26 -
ViewPoint Financial (VPFG) in Plano, Texas, has agreed to buy LegacyTexas Group in Plano.
November 26 -
The Amazon Coins digital currency is now available for consumers in the U.K. and Germany to buy mobile applications and make in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire tablet and on Amazon.com Inc.'s regional app stores.
November 26 -
U.S. residential properties sold at an estimated annualized pace of 5,649,965, a 2% increase from the previous month and up 13% from October 2012, according to RealtyTrac.
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The president and chief executive of Sun Bancorp (SNBC) in Vineland, N.J., is stepping down at the behest of the board.
November 25 -
A longtime chairman and chief executive at HomeTrust BancShares (HTBI) in Asheville, N.C., has retired.
November 25 -
The positive reaction to Independent Bank Group's $170 million agreement to buy BOH Holdings shows how precrisis M&A valuation methods are returning and that the industry is getting stronger.
November 25 -
A former employee at an Ohio branch of U.S. Bancorp (USB) pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he accepted $24,000 in kickbacks from debt collectors in exchange for giving them business.
November 25 -
Underwriting standards on auto loans will slip in 2014 as increased competition pushes lenders to take more risk, according to Moody's Investors Service.
November 25 -
HSBC USA (HSBC) in McLean, Va., has hired a longtime Citigroup (NYSE:C) executive, William Brown, to lead its U.S. branch network.
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