Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Computers, as fast that they may be, fail to provide depositors with the same quality service as the NCR 2000.
April 19 -
Americans are more hopeful about the housing market than they have been in six years. Fifty-one percent of Americans expect average home prices in their area to rise in the coming year, according to a survey released Thursday by Gallup.
April 19 -
First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) in Buffalo, N.Y., generated higher earnings in its first quarter since the ouster of its chief executive.
April 19 -
National Penn Bancshares in Boyertown, Pa., lost more than $17 million in the first quarter after restructuring its debt.
April 19 -
TCF Financial Corporation (TCB) in Wayzata, Minn., missed analysts' first-quarter estimates as a service charges and fees declined.
April 19 -
Taylor Capital Group's quarterly profit rose as revenue from its mortgage-banking operations remained strong.
April 19 -
A rise in fee income and interest lifted first-quarter results at Colony Bankcorp (CBAN) in Fitzgerald, Ga.
April 19 -
A lack of growth in core deposit-taking and lending in the first quarter bodes ill for an industry that's still struggling to regain its post-crisis footing. The disappointing numbers are likely to intensify banks' push to expand into businesses like wealth management and auto lending.
April 19 -
SunTrust Banks in Atlanta relied heavily on expense cuts to generate higher earnings compared with a year earlier.
April 19 -
CrossFirst Holdings in Leawood, Kan., has agreed to buy Tulsa National Bancshares in Oklahoma.
April 18 -
Falling revenue and a shrinking loan portfolio weighed on Capital One Financial's (COF) profits in the first quarter.
April 18 -
The executive suite at Texan Bank in Sugar Land, Texas, has become a family affair. The $80.7 million-asset bank recently named veteran banker Kenneth Koncaba Jr. chief executive officer.
April 18 -
California lawmakers have defeated a proposal aimed at reducing the size of the state's payday lending industry. A state Senate committee rejected the measure by a 5-3 vote Wednesday even after its author agreed to changes designed to soften the bill's impact.
April 18 -
B of A just recorded its lowest provision for buybacks of bad mortgages in years, and JPMorgan Chase has been reducing its reserves, but most claims from private investors are unresolved.
April 18 -
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank has set up a fund to support the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing.
April 18 -
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a controversial bill that aims to bolster the nation's defenses against cyber threats.
April 18 -
Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has inked major leaguers Hyun-Jin Ryu and Shin-Soo Choo to multiyear marketing deals to attract Korean-American consumers and baseball fans in general.
April 18 -
Establishing mentoring programs and better employee communication, drawing on the expertise of nonfinancial companies and holding special events aimed at women business owners are some of the ways banks can develop more women executives and clients.
April 18 -
Expense related to failed bank deals weighed on Simmons First National (SFNC) in Pine Bluff, Ark., in the first quarter.
April 18 -
Bank of the West's Andy Harmening discusses the advantages of being owned by France's BNP Paribas. "For us, it's been a very positive relationship," he says. Harmening, a senior executive vice president and regional banking group head, spoke to American Banker at the annual Best Practices in Retail Banking Symposium.
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