Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser is nearing the end of her organizational overhaul after deciding to cut loose retail-banking operations in Mexico. She will make the case at an upcoming investor day that the company is on the verge of producing stronger shareholder returns.
January 14 -
Auto loans, credit cards and corporate lending all showed strength in the fourth quarter, and the San Francisco bank predicts more consumers and businesses will borrow this year.
January 14 -
David Felan was most recently an executive vice president at Texas Capital Bancshares. In his new role, he will oversee the Kansas bank's expansion in the Lone Star State's hottest markets.
January 14 -
Under an agreement with 40 state attorneys general, the student lender and servicer agreed to cancel debt for over 66,000 borrowers and pay restitution to another 350,000 borrowers placed in certain types of forbearance.
January 13 -
Challenger banks like Chime and Dave have been helping customers avoid overdraft fees for years. As traditional banks start to do the same, the fintechs say they still offer consumers a better deal.
January 13 -
OneUnited's new installment-loan product is meant to break customers out of a cycle of debt. It will compete with similar offerings from heavyweights like Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Huntington.
January 13 -
The branches will provide services in clients’ preferred languages and employ local residents. Executives say the strategy will help M&T pull in new customers at a time when nonwhite populations are expanding.
January 13 -
Banco Santander is among lenders exploring bids for Citigroup’s retail banking operations in Mexico, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
January 12 -
A U.S. central bank digital currency is coming, and what form it takes could spell opportunity — or trouble — for the banking industry.
January 12 -
The standard charge for customers who overdraw their accounts is $30 or more. Analysts say one megabank’s decision to slash the price will pressure competitors to take similar steps.
January 11 -
Citigroup announced Tuesday that it plans to exit retail banking in Mexico, less than a year after Fraser said “there’s a lot to like in the franchise over the longer term.” She explains her new thinking.
January 11 -
The Louisiana-based company is among a growing number of community banks that have taken on new talent in the wake of competitors' consolidation.
January 11 -
The nation’s second-largest bank by assets is the latest to roll out changes that will reduce its overdraft revenues. But in cutting its fee from $35, BofA is taking a different tack than many competitors.
January 11 -
The $3 billion-asset company is expecting to add seven branches in the northwestern part of the state, and to expand its commercial lending business in the Toledo market, with the acquisition of Comunibanc Corp.
January 10 -
Some community banks and credit unions worry that by hiring out-of-state workers to fill their many job openings, as other employers have done, they could erode community ties.
January 10 -
Newity was founded to buy and administer Paycheck Protection Program loans. Now that the program has ended, the company is teaming with a bank on a platform that offers Small Business Administration 7(a) loans.
January 7 -
Faster payments would help the economy in general and individuals and small businesses in particular. It's time for banks to step up.
January 7 -
The Los Angeles company, set Thursday to complete a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company and raise more than $3 billion in a stock offering, plans to develop new banking and cryptocurrency-related services this year, CEO Jason Wilk says.
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Banks and credit unions that cater to members of the armed forces are partnering with fintechs or patenting their own tools to help users convert currency, borrow money and handle financial matters in environments with unreliable internet service.
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The last three months of 2021 were strong for most lenders, which will report results soon. But the outlook for the coming months has been clouded by the spread of the newest coronavirus variant, which has many banks grappling with staffing shortages and branch restrictions.
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