Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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BancAlliance, a young cooperative for small banks, has the capital and lending team in place to make a splash in an area that hasn't had much action since the financial crisis: equipment finance.
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Seven months after it was created through the merger of Nara Bancorp and Center Financial, BBCN (BBCN) Bancorp in Los Angeles has repaid the funds its two predecessor companies received from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Chicago is home to dozens of banks and more than 700 branches. A number of those branches closed as banks in the city failed or were sold. Here is a look at how developers have found new use for those abandoned locations.
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Unlike last summer, deposit levels have been relatively stable recently as the euro crisis has reached a new crescendo. Either the most nervous money has already fled to the shelter of the bank safety net, or tensions are only just building.
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Capital One Financial (COF) has chosen a site outside of Richmond, Va., as the home for its new $150 million data center.
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Blogger Felix Salmon tests whether it's faster to deposit a check via mobile phone or at a nearby ATM in a video posted this week.
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Banks and government agencies face several problems with their plans to rent out their backlog of foreclosed homes, especially if they try to securitize those rentals, according to Morningstar Credit Ratings.
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From the CFPB to the FSOC to New York's ban on large soda cups, followers of behavioral theory have gone overboard in their rabid enthusiasm for governmental manipulation.
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The bank's holding company, TCF Financial, said Wednesday that following "multiple layers" of interviews and surveys with its customers, bank officials have decided to do away with monthly maintenance fees on its retail checking accounts.
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Some analysts say the government-sponsored enterprises are sending a bold signal to banks that elevated buyback demands will continue and may peak this year.
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The percentage of delinquent mortgages has fallen to the lowest level in four years due primarily to the strengthening economy, officials with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Wednesday.
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Wells Fargo has begun rolling out mobile remote deposit in select markets and plans to offer the service nationwide by the end of this year, according to a news report.
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HNW is launching a retail banking practice to help banks reach the mass affluent.
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Citigroup Inc. (C) has appointed Hong Kong-based Jonathan Larsen to global head of retail banking as Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit pushes deeper into Asia for revenue growth.
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The biggest U.S. banks — Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — are extending less credit amid a faltering economic recovery as regional lenders step in to fill the gap.
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U.S. agents arrested two dozen people in 13 countries as part of a global undercover operation targeting credit-card hacking that may have affected hundreds of thousands of customers.
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Carver Bancorp (CARV) reported a wider loss for the quarter that ended on March 31, compared to a year earlier, largely because of higher chargeoffs and reduced loan income.
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Bank of America (BAC) has hired more than 30 bankers in Washington as part of a broader plan to target small-business customers.
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USAA Bank has started offering a cobranded MasterCard with an organization that promotes the interests of enlisted personnel and their families.
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