Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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CEO Scott Kisting says the Spokane, Wash., which recently agreed to buy the $1.2 billion-asset PremierWest, realizes the value of scale. AmericanWest will still look at banks of different sizes, but it now prefers bigger deals.
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MasterCard, which reported $772 million in third-quarter profits on Wednesday, has room to grow internationally.
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Ally Financial said Wednesday that it has repaid $2.9 billion of debt issued under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.
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Bubble-era claims about the various ways that owning a house could make you and your children happier are coming back to life.
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Operations began to return to normal for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America on Wednesday in areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.
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A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended Oct. 27
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Parkmobile USA, a company that accepts mobile payments for parking charges, is facing a backlash after blaming its fee increase on a recent cap to debit card interchange rates.
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Why are there so few women at the top ranks of large banks? One factor: they lose hope. That needs to change, editor-at-large Barbara Rehm says.
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First National Bank has agreed to buy City National Bancshares in a deal between Nebraska banks.
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First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI) in Itasca, Ill., reported a third-quarter loss after it too steps to resolve $223 million of nonperforming and potentially problem loans.
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JPMorgan Chase sued the executive responsible for supervising Bruno Iksil, the trader nicknamed the London Whale for market-moving wagers at the division responsible for a $6.2 billion trading loss.
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Demand for loans and fewer credit losses narrowed losses at Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) in Norfolk, Va. in the third quarter.
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First Mariner Bancorp (FMAR) posted another quarterly profit, but the Baltimore company said it is still looking for capital.
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An increase in mortgage banking revenue contributed to an increase in third-quarter earnings at BOK Financial (BOKF) in Tulsa, Okla.
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MasterCard posted a third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as U.S. consumer spending increased.
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Westbury Bank in West Bend, Wis., aims to raise as much as $46.8 million and convert to full stock ownership from a mutual holding structure.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – L & N FCU has started building its 15th branch – its first in Bullitt County.
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One of Citigroup's downtown New York offices damaged by Hurricane Sandy will be closed for weeks, the company said Tuesday.
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First Financial (THFF) in Terre Haute, Ind., reported a drop in quarterly earnings because of higher expenses and credit costs.
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The retail services unit of Alliance Data Systems (ADS) has signed a long-term agreement to provide a private-label credit card program for RainSoft, a company that sells water and air purification products.
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