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Opening internet cafes and investing in new technology are part of an effort to provide nimble, efficient services, the bank's CFO said in a strategy talk.

The firm graded bank and credit card apps on customer satisfaction, appearance, navigability, and availability and clarity of information.

Dark clouds may not yet be on the horizon, but industry executives are sending the message to investors that they know a turn in the credit cycle is coming, and they are planning accordingly.

With the acquisition of Confyrm, the bank is among the few players that are putting themselves in position to sell ID authentication services to other businesses.

Capital One Financial Corp. plans to repurchase shares following the sale of $17 billion in mortgages to a Credit Suisse subsidiary.

Double-digit gains in the bank's two largest loan categories offset declines in commercial and home loans.

Customers are sprinkling symbols into their texts, and it's a challenge for banks to fine-tune systems to support the use of the cartoon code in communications.

Amazon.com has millennial shoppers nailed down. And their parents. And most of their grandparents. But one group of potential customers has eluded the world's biggest internet retailer: teenagers.

The field is crowded, but that’s not stopping well-established banks from trying to reach new markets by creating separately branded digital units.

The e-commerce giant is muscling its way into a number of businesses that banks have long dominated.