Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Suni Harford is off to UBS, and Shaza Andersen is selling the bank she founded. Also, you should hear how venture capitalists talk about female entrepreneurs.
May 18 -
Wells Fargo is expanding its fintech accelerator so it is better positioned to connect with customers through channels like the internet of things.
May 18 -
It is not startups but rather Silicon Valley’s biggest names that are best-positioned to compete with banks in the blockchain race.
May 18 -
The bank, based on the east coast of Florida, is bulking up on the Gulf. It has agreed to buy NorthStar Bank in Tampa a month after buying another bank in the same city.
May 18 -
The former New Jersey mutual is stepping up efforts to court bigger commercial clients. The move will help Investors diversify its loan book and deploy capital while it is barred from buying banks.
May 18 -
In March 1998, American Banker reported plans by Norwest Corp. to establish sales quotas and step up cross-selling. Three months later, the Minneapolis bank announced a merger with Wells Fargo.
May 18 -
Both sides of Wells Fargo's $142 million settlement over its fake-accounts scandal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the class-action pact after a federal judge voiced misgivings about some of its terms.
May 18 -
Attractive demographics, a large supply of startups that appeared built to sell and a surplus of smaller banks struggling with high expenses have combined to make the Mid-Atlantic one of the most active regions for mergers and acquisitions.
May 17 -
Helping students, expanding opportunities for immigrant communities and other ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.
May 17 -
Cashing in digital currency for government-backed paper may not be so easy; JPM CEO is taken to task by shareholders for his close ties to President Trump.
May 17 -
Numerated Growth Technologies has a platform that lets banks make lending decisions in as little as five minutes. The spinoff will be run by Dan O'Malley, Eastern's former chief digital officer.
May 17 -
In an extensive interview, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker talks about the challenges facing community banks, the biggest threat to the financial system and the possibility of interest rate hikes later this year.
May 16 -
Bank of America is giving its "erica" chatbot more time to learn the nuances of language and banking basics. A profanity filter is one recent addition.
May 16 -
Along with asset and membership milestones, the credit union celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016.
May 16 -
Banks have resisted the need to switch their core systems, but how long can a financial institution continue to operate on a foundation of dust?
May 16 -
The $489 million acquisition is among the ten biggest bank M&A deals announced this year.
May 16 -
The fact that the Troubled Asset Relief Program made billions is of no help to the thousands of banks that suffered, and are still suffering, from the grossly unfair rollout.
May 16 -
The Silicon Valley lender that caters to affluent millennials has ambitions to become a one-stop shopping destination for financial services.
May 16 -
The Minnesota company recently announced that it would stop selling auto loans since credit quality concerns have slowed investor demand, but it is unclear whether its plan to keep all its car loans on its books is less risky.
May 15 -
Lakeland Bank in Oak Ridge, N.J., found itself deluged by hundreds of angry tweets and Facebook posts Monday after a former bank executive cited pressure from a top House Republican in her resignation.
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