Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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A group of investors led by Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has agreed to invest $4.8 million in a Redwood City, Calif., payments network that lets use retailers' gift cards to buy goods and services from other merchants.
July 16 -
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Westamerica (WABC) in San Rafael, Calif., reported that its second-quarter earnings fell slightly after loans and fee income declined.
July 16 -
The central bank has brought back a process scrapped in the late 1990s, where it will review preliminary merger plans of untested buyers pursuing unusual deals.
July 16 -
Out-of-work Ohio residents whose unemployment payments are loaded onto prepaid cards will no longer be able to use their cards when their balances fall below zero.
July 16 -
Directors and officers liability coverage is an unpopular topic of conversation at board meetings. But directors who shirk their responsibilities in this area may one day find their claims denied.
July 16 -
Citigroup's second-quarter income fell but was untainted by the scandals surrounding big rivals.
July 16 -
Card fees and anti-Wall Street rhetoric are playing big roles in Democratic Sen. Jon Tester's tight reelection battle with Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg.
July 16 -
A pair of Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF) executives quit just two months after the Shippensburg, Pa., company's chief financial officer resigned.
July 16 -
Why would a bank issue prepaid debit cards to its customers? It's an inferior product for consumers and banks alike. Issue prepaid credit cards instead, with four times the interchange.
July 16 -
St. Helen's Community FCU hired a new CEO who immediately urged the board to terminate a merger agreement with nearby Wauna FCU, which would have created a $300 million credit union.
July 16 -
A deal that last week was heralded as reordering the credit card business is receiving pushback from merchants who say it doesnt go far enough.
July 16 -
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) announced Monday that it has hired former JPMorgan Chase (JPM) executive Chad Borton as its new head of retail banking.
July 16 -
Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank, reported a 12 percent drop in second-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates on revenue from advising on mergers and underwriting stocks and bonds.
July 16 -
Pulaski Bank has filed a lawsuit against three former employees over mortgage data that the Creve Couer, Mo., bank claims the employees took and are using to give their new employer a leg up.
July 16 -
A final rule places credit reporting agencies under the bureau's nonbank supervision program as part of its "larger participant" powers.
July 16 -
A trade group representing convenience stores rejected the proposed settlement of interchange lawsuits and hired law firm Constantine Cannon to hold out for better terms.
July 15 -
Visa, MasterCard and the largest banks have announced a proposed multi-billion dollar settlement with U.S. retailers in a longstanding lawsuit over swipe fees charged by the networks.
July 13 -
Regulators late Friday seized the $24.8 million-asset Glasgow Savings Bank in Glasgow, Mo.
July 13 -
Uncertainty about the global economy, health care and taxes threaten to take already anemic loan growth off of life support.
July 13





