Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Google today updated its mobile wallet to allow payments from any credit or debit card, a move that fundamentally changes the company's approach to working with issuing banks.
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Alive CU, the former Blue Cross credit union known till last month as Healthcare's Cooperative CU, is expanding outside of healthcare facilities with a deal to buy two stand-alone branches from Space Coast CU.
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A reluctance by community bankers to engage in a price war with bigger banks over commercial and industrial loans has allowed less-competitive commercial real estate lending to slowly make a comeback.
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HF Financial (HFFC) has agreed to provide its largest shareholder with confidential information after the investor threatened to run its own candidate for the Sioux Falls, S.D., company's board.
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A shakier global economy and increased rebate and incentive payments have raised concerns about the card giant's growth prospects for the remainder of 2012.
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FHFA acting director DeMarco's rejection of principal reductions for underwater homeowners led some to praise his judgment and others to call for his termination. What's your take?
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken its first civil action, suing and effectively stopping business at a Los Angeles law firm that charged homeowners for loan modifications that allegedly never happened.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Alive CU, the former Blue Cross credit union known till last month as Healthcare’s Cooperative CU, is expanding outside of healthcare facilities with a deal to buy two stand-alone branches from Space Coast CU.
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Join the editors of American Banker and the industry's most influential policymakers, lawmakers and executives to discuss the issues that remain at the forefront of the regulatory landscape: CFPB, Volcker Rule, TAG, fair lending enforcement, Basel III and the impact the elections will have on financial institutions.
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PLYMOUTH, Minn. — NCUA announced this morning it has awarded the remnants of AM Community CU, a failed $135 million Kenosha, Wis., credit union, to TruStone Financial FCU under a purchase and assumption agreement.
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While I'm sure some community bankers applauded Sandy Weill's recent call to break up our nation's largest banks, I, for one, did not.
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BOK Financial's (BOKF) second-quarter earnings rose from a year earlier and surpassed expectations as fee revenue increased and credit quality continued to improve.
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Shares in MasterCard (MA) fell 3.3% in pre-market trading Wednesday, to $422, after the firm posted second-quarter revenue of $1.82 billion, less than the $1.88 billion estimated by 29 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
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The Small Business Lending Enhancement Act would let credit unions help small businesses and our economy without costing taxpayers a dime. Whether lifting the cap creates one job or 1,000, it would be a success.
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Should the U.S. Postal Service revive a past practice of offering alternative banking services?
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United Bank often helps customers who have few alternatives. The minority-owned bank hopes the faith is returned as it complies with a regulatory order.
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Churches aren't always pristine credits, especially in this economy. But some banks have new strategies to keep church construction loans on track.
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As banks move into new channels, they need new lines of communication, and perhaps a different attitude.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — MidFlorida CU, which has been growing its branch network on the Gulf Coast, has agreed to acquire Indian River CU, a troubled $55 million credit union on Florida's other coast.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue FCU is opening a new branch Friday on the Purdue University North Central campus.
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