Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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In update of the FDIC's community bank initiatives, officials reveal a Web-based feature designed to ensure examiner data requests are germane to individual exams.
November 8 -
Regulators have ordered Foster Bankshares in Rolling Meadows, Ill., to refrain from paying shareholders and some creditors until the company proves that it can cover its operating expenses.
November 8 -
Pan American Bank didn't let President Obama rest the day after his reelection. It urged him in a video Wednesday to make financial literacy and serving the unbanked a priority.
November 8 -
BankFinancial (BFIN) in Burr Ridge, Ill., is considering an aggressive plan to scrub its balance sheet of troubled assets by the end of the year.
November 8 -
Regulators would prefer that banks maintain higher levels of reserves, while accountants may start pushing more institutions to release reserves as loan problems dissipate.
November 8 -
Some of the China's largest banks are eyeing potential acquisitions in the United States, but they are proceeding cautiously in hopes of avoiding the mistakes made by foreign banks that preceded them.
November 8 -
The rise of the prepaid card is sure to be one of the Durbin Amendment's biggest legacies. It also suggests any savings merchants derive from the law will be short-lived.
November 8 -
Even as it continues to staff up to meet surging demand for refinancings, B of A is laying the groundwork for a return to traditional mortgage lending when the refi boom ends.
November 8 -
American Express Co.'s directors were sued by a shareholder over practices that led to a $112.5 million settlement of claims that it violated consumer safeguards.
November 8 -
The model for the future is simple: Provide easy access across multiple channels to improve the customer experience.
November 8 -
Yorktown Financial Holdings in Tulsa, Okla., has agreed to buy CNBO Bancorp in Pryor, Okla.
November 8 -
President Barack Obama's re-election is fueling investor concern that homeowner refinancing is set to increase after debt yields tumbled and amid speculation his administration will pursue more aggressive measures to boost the housing recovery.
November 8 -
In advance of Veterans Day, Wells Fargo announced Thursday that it is committing $35 million over three years to assist current and former members of the U.S. military.
November 8 -
An investor group that includes a former executive of Ohio State Bank and Commercial Savings Bank of Ohio has reached a deal to buy Citizens Bank of De Graff.
November 8 -
Capital is important, but ample loan-loss reserves, governed by stringent supervision, are a much more direct, responsive way to account for credit risk.
November 8 -
JPMorgan Chase reached a settlement with the SEC to resolve two investigations related to mortgage-backed bonds handled by JPMorgan and Bear Stearns, which the bank acquired in 2008.
November 8 -
A requirement by Valley National Bank in Tulsa that branch visitors remove anything covering their faces discriminates against Muslims, a civil liberties group says.
November 8 -
WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita FCU on Saturday will break ground on a 10,000-square-foot facility in East Wichita that will be its main branch.
November 7 -
Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC) in St. Louis, Mo., has repurchased the $35 million of preferred stock it had issued to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
November 7 -
Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) in Bedminster, N.J., said that it doesn't expect any material losses tied to damage Hurricane Sandy inflicted on collateral properties.
November 7


