Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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ING U.S., the American insurance unit of ING Groep (INGA), plans to raise as much as $1.54 billion in an initial public offering as its Dutch parent focuses on operations at home.
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Jacoby Dickens, majority owner and chairman of Seaway Bancshares, died Sunday at his home in Fisher Island, Fla., Crain's Chicago Business reported.
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Comerica is generating enough loan growth in its key markets that it is under no pressure to expand through acquisitions, Chairman and Chief Executive Ralph Babb says.
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Richard Davis, whose U.S. Bancorp reported a quarterly revenue slowdown, says the threat of higher rates actually would stir complacent corporate borrowers to seek more credit. But when that would happen is anybody's guess.
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California lawmakers are considering a bill that could potentially cripple profits for payday lenders in the nation's largest state.
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While some call Bitcoin an "existential threat to the state," local governments could soon embrace the digital currency and payment system as a practical alternative to credit and debit cards.
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Community banks spent $250 million and more than 8 million hours on regulation implemented during the first quarter, a recent study found.
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Tompkins Financial (TMP) in Ithaca, N.Y., has hired an executive from National Penn Bancshares (NPBC) to run its bank in southeast Pennsylvania.
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Strong fee income and rising stock markets lifted Northern Trust (NTRS) in the first quarter. Earnings at the nation's third-largest custody bank rose 2% from the same period a year earlier, to $164 million.
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Quarterly profit fell at Westamerica Bancorp. (WABC) in San Rafael, Calif., as interest and fee income declined.
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Bank of the West's Andy Harmening says there needs to be more conversation to determine the future of the big banks and whether they should be broken up. 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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WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed slight tweaks to help clarify mortgage rules first issued in January.
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A strengthening housing market lifted Washington Federal (WAFD) in Seattle in the first quarter.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg said regulators are homing in on concerns expressed by community banks in discussions on finalizing the capital rule.
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Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP) in Nashville, Tenn., reported record quarterly profit after noninterest income jumped.
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The most notable quotes from American Banker stories of the previous week. Readers are encouraged to add their own observations in the Comments fields at the bottom of each slide.
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Comerica Incorporated (CMA) beat first-quarter earnings estimates by controlling costs and reducing bad loans.
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BBCN said in a press release Tuesday that the acquisition would position the $5.6 billion-asset company as "the leading Korean-American bank in Chicago" while providing it with entry into the Washington, D.C., market.
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Avoid closing locations solely based on performance, test drive outreach programs and consider other options, such as amending hours, before shuttering an underperforming location.
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Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., has named a new chief financial officer.
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