Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Mel Watt calls FHFA watchdog “sexist,” after it concludes he’s guilty of sexual harassment. State Street sues the "Fearless Girl" sculptor. Banks big and small face mounting pressure on gender pay gap and board diversity. And another top 40 U.S. bank might get a female CEO.
February 21 -
Bankers are eager to expand there through M&A, de novos or other means, encouraged by strong employment and disruption created by recent consolidation.
February 21 -
The move, reported by The Wall Street Journal, could be part of a deeper foray into cobranded cards by Goldman, which has been expanding into consumer finance through its Marcus unit.
February 21 -
Page views and sales results don't explain which customers do what, and why they do things (or don't do them), in online and mobile banking.
February 20 -
The results suggest that consumers who buy Green Dot cards are using them with greater frequency or for longer periods of time than they have in the past.
February 20 -
The agency’s effort is a good first step to updating brokered deposit rules, but regulators excluded several important considerations in their advance notice of proposed rulemaking.
February 20 -
Fairwinds Credit Union in Orlando is set to buy Friends Bank, the third time this year a Florida-based bank has agreed to sell to a credit union.
February 20 -
The Illinois company will pay $46 million for a bank that is a fraction of its size.
February 20 -
Fairwinds Credit Union's deal for Friends Bank marks the third time this year that a Florida bank has agreed to be sold to a credit union.
February 20 -
A new initiative aims to help small credit unions survive and thrive, but a plethora of trends are working against them.
February 20 -
Bridgeview Bancorp floated its name with 14 potential buyers, but it only attracted serious interest once it promised to divest a mortgage business that recorded a double-digit decline in fee income last year.
February 19 -
The rise of Uber, Lyft, Etsy, Kaggle and other forms of freelance work has sparked a new generation of specialist fintechs.
February 19 -
The rise of Uber, Lyft, Etsy, Kaggle and other forms of freelance work has sparked a new generation of specialist fintechs.
February 19 -
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Central National Bank rebranded as Stride Bank to move away from a name with overused words.
February 19 -
The company has agreed to buy Preferred Bancshares in a deal set to close by mid-2019.
February 18 -
"You can't meet customers at the headquarters," CEO Kevin Cummings tells his senior executives.
February 15 -
HomeStreet Bank will attempt to sell its stand-alone mortgage business and portfolio of servicing rights, a move that comes amid growing pressure from an activist investor to exit home lending and concerns about declining demand and regulatory challenges.
February 15 -
The JPM Coin will be used to expedite payments transfers for its corporate clients; customers of Spain’s largest retail bank will be able to withdraw cash without entering a PIN.
February 15 -
They all agree that legislation is needed, but the two approaches being offered are exposing tensions.
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