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Banks begin turning to Facebook and other sites to size up customers. Regulations require that they proceed with caution.

Banks are pulling a page out of the past and expanding personal installment lending — in part to avoid the regulatory burdens in other markets.

The president has assembled a new group of state and federal law enforcers to right mortgage wrongs, but observers doubt it will leave much of a mark.

A new services-oriented architecture standard for banks could help them ease integration projects and save money. We talk to Hans Tesselaar, Executive Director of the Banking Industry Architecture Network, and Gartner analysts Mary Knox and Don Free about the SOA standard and what it could accomplish.

President Obama unveiled a new home refinancing plan during his State of the Union address. So far it is short on details and looks destined to fare no better than its predecessors.

The prepaid card company plans to offer traditional bank accounts. Its target market goes well beyond the underbanked.

The nation's largest banks are pulling back from buying mortgages, with grim implication for small originators and the housing market.

JPMorgan Chase has tentatively agreed to pay $110 million over allegations that it charged customers excessive overdraft fees. Editors discuss the deal's importance to the other banks trying to settle overdraft claims.

Bankers are up in arms over the fact that a Congressional oversight has raised doubts about whether documents submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will retain attorney-client privilege.

The Obama administration rolled out details of a new plan to help millions of homeowners refinance. For banks, the big question is how much of the tab they'll be required to pick up.