Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Banks had two years to update their ATMs following changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act. As soon as the March 15 deadline passed, laggards found that plaintiffs' lawyers were waiting.
May 29 -
Elavon, a unit of U.S. Bancorp, is taking a different approach to mobile card acceptance by using a wireless card reader that is as big as the phone it pairs with.
May 29 -
Roughly two months after putting itself up for sale after its plan for raising fresh capital fell through, BancTrust Financial Group in Mobile, Ala., has found a buyer.
May 29 -
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Achieva CU is moving its corporate headquarters from Clearwater to Dunedin this October.
May 28 -
For Bellco Credit Union, business is booming at the branch level.
May 28 -
The video ATMs that CO-OP Financial Services is rolling out in conjunction with Diebold are just part of a broader evolution in service delivery, according to Stan Hollen, CEO of CO-OP.
May 28 -
Zions Bancorporation's (ZION) shareholders overwhelmingly approved the bank's executive compensation despite concerns about low dividend payments and sluggish loan demand.
May 25 -
The Mortgage Bankers Association raised its 2012 forecast for residential originations on Thursday, citing low interest rates that have sparked a massive increase in refinance activity.
May 25 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has replaced an order between North American Savings Bank and the Office of Thrift Supervision with one of its own.
May 25 -
Some lawmakers are seething at the huge pay package handed out to a former CEO of Liberty Mutual Insurance. Their response has been to introduce new proposals on pay for mutual insurers, which could eventually apply to other financial institutions.
May 25 -
Banks are benefitting from a surge in second-quarter loan growth, driven almost exclusively by a jump in home mortgage lending.
May 25 -
Lafayette, La., and Washington are over 1,000 miles apart, but Rusty Cloutier, the founder and chief executive of MidSouth Bancorp, keeps the nation's capital top of mind.
May 25 -
First Bancshares of Kansas City, Kan., agreed to sell a controlling stake to an investment group led by David Spehar, the former chief executive of another Kansas City community bank.
May 25 -
Mortgage delinquencies on multifamily homes continued to rise in April, while single-family home delinquencies were flat, according a monthly report from Freddie Mac (FMCC).
May 25 -
Broadway Financial of Los Angeles said it had received a warning letter about its failure to meet listing requirements. It has not yet filed its first-quarter results with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 25 -
The Renton, Wash., company has yet to announce the results of Thursday's vote, but an activist investor believes his group has won and warns that First Financial could challenge the outcome. Stilwell is attempting to oust Victor Karpiak, the company's chairman and CEO.
May 25 -
Los Angeles firm Litigation Compliance Law Center shows how attorneys and mortgage brokers are working to get around the sprit, if not the intent, of regulations designed to protect troubled homeowners.
May 25 -
KENNEWICK, Wash. – Motorists entering this southeastern Washington city were greeted yesterday by a giant LED display that now wraps around two sides of the iconic “flashcube” building which was renovated recently by HAPO Community CU to house its headquarters and branch.
May 25 -
A founding director of Santa Clara Valley Bank has been elected as chairman. Scott K. Rushing replaces Ralph Rueda De Leon, who has served as chairman for the last three years. Additionally Elias F. Valdes was elected as vice chairman.
May 25 -
The market-making arm of Citigroup Inc. suffered losses of about $20 million on trades made during last Friday's glitch-plagued listing of Facebook Inc. on the Nasdaq Stock Market, according to persons familiar with the matter.
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