Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Fannie Mae plans to sell its Washington, D.C., headquarters building within the next three years as it consolidates several office sites into a single location, the mortgage finance company announced Thursday.
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A Massachusetts mutual's failure to gain depositor approval for a conversion suggests a way for small towns to push back against the loss of their local banks, according to lawyer Kevin Handly.
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Regulatory delays have forced ViewPoint Financial in Plano, Texas, and LegacyTexas Group in Plano to push back the closing date for their planned merger a second time.
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Great Western Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D., has filed documents for an initial public offering.
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College students risk paying hundreds of dollars in fees each year if they overuse campus banking products, according to Consumer Reports.
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Unity Bancorp in Clinton, N.J., raised $6.3 million from a rights offering.
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Following a prolonged stretch of modest loan growth, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile showed loan balances shooting to a level not seen since 2007.
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An examination of the details in the B of A settlement shows many examples of risky behavior, including mortgage applications that were underwritten with "shadow" guidelines that allowed exceptions to approve almost any loan.
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Bitcoin wallet and merchant services provider Coinbase has insured the bitcoins it holds against theft and loss.
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National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys President Joann Needleman has been appointed to serve on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Consumer Protection Advisory Board.
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China Huarong Asset Management is tentatively set to go public later this year.
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A judge had ordered Joseph Stilwell to appear in court and respond to a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission tied to a securities fraud investigation.
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All banks, regardless of size, must invest more in technology despite shareholder pressure to cut costs, said Victor Nichols, a former CIO at Wells Fargo and current director at Bank of Hawaii.
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The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday the winners of its "Zapping Rachel" robocall contest held earlier this month at the DEF CON 22 hacking conference.
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The median price of a residential home sold in July soared from a year ago but there are warning signs.
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BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., has filed to sell up to $150 million in securities. The $3.7 billion-asset company said in a filing Tuesday that it could issue common and preferred stock, debt securities and other securities from time to time.
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Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., should save some money after deciding against filling a soon-to-be-vacant executive post.
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Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa., has promoted two executives and eliminated a pair of high-level positions.
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Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer took issue with a government watchdog report that criticized both his agency and the government-sponsored enterprises for failing to catch the massive fraud at Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said third-quarter profit rose 4.9 percent as buoyant markets boosted wealth-management earnings and the lender won investment-banking business from oil and gas companies.
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