Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Go Banking Rates named Sofia Vergara, the star of the ABC comedy "Modern Family," its "Best Celebrity Saver," giving her a consolation prize of sorts after she fell short at the Golden Globes.
January 14 -
History shows banks can't compete with agents selling consumers insurance. But credit protection products have been highly profitable for the banks, and can remain so provided the products are reformed.
January 14 -
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Piedmont Advantage CU plans to move from Liberty Street to the corner of Stratford and Burke Mill roads in 2014, serving as an anchor in a 22-acre business park to be named Piedmont Advantage Park
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TULSA, Okla. Tulsa FCUs 13th branch is scheduled to open Monday in a Reasors grocery store.
January 13 -
Westside Community Bank in University Place, Wash., became the first failed institution of 2013 late Friday.
January 13 -
JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) board is expected to dock the bonuses of chief executive Dimon and former chief financial officer Douglas Braunstein, as a consequence of the company's $6 billion trading loss at its chief investment office last spring, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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The chief executive officer of First Data Corp. (FDC) is resigning, the company said Friday.
January 11 -
Banks with at least $10 billion of assets approved 14.9% of loans between $250,000 and $3 million in December, up nearly two percentage points from a month earlier and the highest rate in roughly a year, according to an index published Wednesday by Biz2Credit, which connects small and mid-size business borrowers with lenders.
January 11 -
Flagstar in Troy, Mich., provided misleading information about the condition of loans that backed securities insured by MBIA and led to big losses, MBIA's lawsuit says.
January 11 -
Wells Fargo reported record earnings again in the fourth quarter but it faces headwinds that could slow the momentum in 2013.
January 11 -
Subprime mortgages are likely to become harder to make and more expensive to sell in the secondary market based on the new qualified mortgage rule.
January 11 -
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is toasting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for agreeing to examine the economic benefit that megabanks derive from their too-big-to-fail status.
January 11 -
The U.S. Government is objecting to a proposal by Residential Capital to pay roughly $33.4 million in annual bonuses to employees.
January 11 -
Profits rose 43% at DSA Financial (DSFN) of Lawrenceburg, Ind., on its sales of loans and investments last quarter.
January 11 -
Analysts will also pay close attention to what bankers says about cost cutting and fallout from the fiscal cliff compromise.
January 11 -
In speech to California bankers, comptroller indicates 'Volcker' trading ban and securitization rules could be completed soon.
January 11 -
Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), a multibank holding company in Dubuque, Iowa, has swapped executives with one of its subsidiaries through a pair of promotions.
January 11 -
It's far better for a few foreclosure squatters and crooked bankers to get off than to undermine due process, argues Executive Editor Marc Hochstein.
January 11 -
The CFPB's final Qualified Mortgage rule exacerbates our dependence on the GSEs and FHA, potentially harms a large swath of potential borrowers and severely handicaps the markets ability to effectively serve customers.
January 11 -
First Keystone in Berwick, Pa., has convinced its retired chief executive to serve as its vice chairman.
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