Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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PayPal has delivered on its promise to activate contactless payments for its mobile wallet. The latest update to its app for Android handsets adds support for near-filed communication.
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Two players for the Chicago Bears plan to work with Visa Inc. to help teach some Chicago-area students about managing finances.
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Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.'s delinquent loan inventory declined by more than 1,000 loans in October although new notices outpaced cures by 3,500 loans.
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Backed by private equity money, ex-execs of megabanks are taking over banks like FNB United in North Carolina. Their plans are ambitious, but skeptics question whether they know how to run community institutions.
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The bank technology vendor Online Resources Corp. reported a wider third-quarter loss to shareholders on Tuesday.
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Chase Card Services said on Tuesday that it offers an online invoicing and cash management system for small-business customers using its Ink product.
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Ally Financial is actively considering putting its ailing Residential Capital mortgage-lending unit into bankruptcy, said people familiar with the situation.
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Led by Citigroup Inc., insurance units of bank holding companies generated a record $7.9 billion in fees during the first half of this year, up 14% from the same period in 2010.
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Wall Street analysts throw cold water on mobile payment initiatives.
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Online and mobile payments company eWise said on Tuesday that it had appointed Alexandre Gonthier as chief executive in addition to making changes to its board.
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First Citizens BancShares Inc., in Raleigh, N.C., said third-quarter profit rose 195% from a year ago, boosted in part by its acquisition of a failed bank in Colorado.
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USA Technologies reported on Tuesday that it had narrowed its first-quarter loss to $78,954 from a net loss of $1.9 million a year earlier due to increased license and transaction-fee revenue.
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M&T Bank has developed an anti-skimming device, appropriately called the Blocker, to prevent card theft at its ATMs by making fraudsters' tampering blatantly obvious.
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Judge in FDIC lawsuit against former Wamu executives grants parties time to craft out-of-court agreement.
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It's anyone guess who will prevail in the perennial fight over whether to allow larger government-backed mortgages.
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Affluent customers and commercial clients are helping drive a turn-around in credit-card spending, which has rebounded this year despite the sluggish economy, chief product officer Tim Murphy said Tuesday.
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Bank of America is the second major issuer to buck a recent trend by using a PIN when it offers U.S. commercial customers cards that incorporate the EMV chip-card standard that is prevalent in Europe.
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United Security Bancshares Inc. reported a loss of $1.3 million in third quarter as the Thomasville, Ala., company continued to be plagued by problem real estate loans.
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says Square "is an incredible technology that inspires and empowers everyone to be an entrepreneur."
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Executives from Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven and McDonald's are raising concerns that the new debit-fee regulations they fought for are unlikely to boost their bottom lines.
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