Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Patriot National Bancorp Inc. in Stamford, Conn., saw its losses widen during the second quarter compared to a year earlier, due largely to expenses associated with a turnaround plan.
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The Onion's reference to the world's largest payment network as a "lender" probably smarts more than being (jokingly) called a "massive scam."
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – CPM Federal Credit Union is consolidating two branches into a single location.
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BAY CITY, Mich. – FinancialEdge Community Credit Union has formed a partnership with an organization that serves people with special needs.
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Those tech companies provide an allocative service with fewer employees, but they also don't have regulators and don't need retail branches. Perhaps Apple's the better benchmark.
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First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has found a way to put some of its capital to work: a big branch deal with Flagstar Bancorp Inc.
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FirstMerit has succeeded at getting its online banking users to immediately adopt a new mobile service from the vendor Fiserv, which said 11% of the bank's active online banking users enrolled in the first week.
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Bank of America Corp. may settle a state and federal probe of foreclosure practices in a deal that lets New York proceed with an inquiry into securitizations, said two people with direct knowledge of the talks.
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Deals will stall in the short term as volatility complicates stock-related transactions and creates uncertainty. But a low-rate environment will crimp growth and ultimately drive consolidation.
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Profits at State Bank Financial in Atlanta said its second-quarter profit fell 10% from the same period last year as gains in interest income were offset by higher expenses and an increase in its loan-loss provision.
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Saehan Bancorp in Los Angeles has reported a profit in two straight quarters after losing more than $75 million in 2009 and 2010.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is claiming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has overstepped its bounds by soliciting comments on its nonbank supervision program.
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New guidelines advise using stronger authentication for business accounts, but more community banks use it for consumer accounts.
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The investment firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. is advising investors to stop dumping their shares in Westamerica Bancorporation.
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Mercantile Bancorp once believed that its bank in sleepy Quincy, Ill. was not enough. Now, that bank might hold the key to the company's survival.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced that it has reached a written agreement with Coastal Bankshares Inc. in Savannah, Ga.
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Home prices will fall 5% this year and hit bottom in 2012, assuming sales of foreclosed homes start to pick up this year, according to JPMorgan Chase analysts.
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TD's $7.6 billion deal for a B of A MasterCard portfolio underscored again how banks north of the border are profiting at the expense of their U.S. rivals.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. increased its stake in Wells Fargo & Co., building equity holdings amid a markets decline that the billionaire investor said provided an opportunity for buying stocks "on sale."
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