Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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New technology from Default Mitigation Management is aimed at streamlining the way loan modification documents are moved between borrowers and loan servicers.
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Consumers thinking of giving gift cards for the holidays may find a better bargain with store cards instead of those issued by banks and credit card companies.
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The old concept of real interest rate return is virtually nonexistent. Banks face temptation to reach for extra yield by taking more risk.
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Coinciding with the Veterans Day holiday, mortgage-settlement monitor Joseph A. Smith invited members of the military and veterans to report their complaints of abuses by mortgage servicers.
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Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has finished its stock offering and second-step conversion to a stock-owned company.
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Privately owned banks do not report to the SEC, but they can face challenges if they need capital. This list looks at banks with a physical retail presence and stock that cannot be readily traded on a stock exchange.
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TandemMoney won praise for making its small-dollar credit offering conditional on borrower savings. Critics saw its product as just another payday loan. Scrutiny from regulators did the company in.
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American International Group (AIG), which stands to join a list of financial institutions deemed too big to fail, may be looking to unload its thrift unit.
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Investors Bancorp (ISBC) will cut 31 jobs at Marathon National Bank of New York, about a month after it completed its acquisition of the formerly Greek-owned bank.
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The terms 'unbanked' and 'underbanked' perpetuate the erroneous notion that everyone needs a bank account and inhibit discussion of better ways to serve the financial needs of non-traditional consumers.
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Sun Bancorp in Vineland, N.J., has lured a veteran financial executive from Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., hiring Thomas R. Brugger as the CFO of its Sun National Bank subsidiary.
November 12 -
Fred Rowden, the chief executive of 1st Capital Bank in Monterey, Calif., has died.
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Comparable store growth is the core of any great retailer. If you cannot grow your existing stores, you do not deserve to expand.
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Banks shouldn't go to extremes to make up for declining earnings, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said Friday.
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The board of 1st Mariner Bancorp has withdrawn from a long delayed securities purchase agreement with a New York investment firm that would have injected badly needed capital into the Baltimore company.
November 9 -
First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) in Raleigh, N.C., postedlower third-quarter profit from the same period last yearafter recording a gain from an acquisition.
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Strike Debt, a movement that emerged from the Occupy Wall Street movement, announced plans Friday to stage a variety show and telethon to raise money to buy and cancel consumer debt.
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The ruling was quickly hailed by financial institutions, but panned by one of the nation’s largest retail trade groups.
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CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., announced Friday that co-founder John Borba would retire from its board on Nov. 30.
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Small banks won a critical battle Friday as regulators agreed to indefinitely delay implementation of Basel III until various issues with a proposal can be resolved.
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