Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Moven, one of the most talked-about startups of the fintech boom, is looking to spread financial education to the self-employed.
February 24 -
Green Dot reported a larger fourth-quarter loss on higher employee compensation costs and said it will book an extra $11 million in expenses to roll out a new card product.
February 24 -
A day after Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray told financial industry executives that Congress did not intend to exempt small institutions from most rules, several lawmakers begged to differ.
February 24 -
The private-banking prowess of newly acquired City National was the steadying influence Royal Bank of Canada needed amid global and domestic economic shocks in its latest quarter.
February 24 -
Carolina Alliance Bank in Spartanburg, S.C., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund program.
February 24 -
Commercial bank clients are increasingly looking to replace physical corporate cards with virtual ones to streamline bookkeeping and limit risk. The adoption of such solutions is a good sign for mobile payments overall.
February 24 -
The precedent set in the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI over custom access to a device in question opens up unsettling risks on privacy and security.
February 24 -
Sandhills State Bank in Bassett, Neb., has agreed to buy Bank of Keystone in Keystone, Neb.
February 24 -
Dublin, Ala., an unincorporated borough in Montgomery County, is reviewing whether to hire a collection agency to pursue nearly $100,000 in overdue water, sewer and trash accounts.
February 24 -
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt relief operation with falsely representing to financially distressed homeowners and student loan borrowers that it would help get their mortgages and student loans modified.
February 24 -
The online brokerage Robinhood Financial has eliminated its three-day waiting period for the use of funds deposited into an account.
February 24 -
The top leaders of the National Credit Union Administration said this week that they support an alternative option that would allow credit unions to merge some operations a prospect that is alarming banking industry representatives.
February 24 -
Chase Pay is tied to the issuer's 94 million credit, debit and prepaid card accounts, representing half of U.S. households. Depending on the perspective, this means Chase's wallet either starts with or excludes half of the market.
February 24 -
More borrowers with spotty credit are failing to make monthly car payments on time, a troubling sign for investors who have snapped up billions of dollars of securities backed by risky auto debt.
February 24 -
WSFS Financial has been around nearly two centuries, and CEO Mark Turner is going for another two. Has he found the road map for success?
February 24 -
Instead of focusing on the effect of swipe fee rules on banks and credit unions, retailers should ask why the Durbin amendment hasnt produced the promised cost savings for their consumers.
February 24 -
Midland States Bancorp in Effingham, Ill., has agreed to buy about $400 million in wealth management assets from Sterling Bancorp in Yonkers, N.Y.
February 24 -
WASHINGTON Despite dire predictions by banks and others that new mortgage rules by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would cut off access to credit, the industry is performing well two years after the regulations went into effect, according to the agency's top official.
February 23 -
Mechanics Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., has entered the residential mortgage market and hired a banker to lead the new loan group.
February 23 -
JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon added to his defenses of megabanks, arguing that regional and community banks rely on them. The comments could inflame tensions among banks instead of easing them.
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