Retail & Commercial

First Data is having a busy week. On Sunday it announced a new CEO, who started the job Monday. And today, it had a tough earnings call where the company admitted it could do more to leverage its considerable data to expand the services it sells to clients.

Eight months of banks being under steady, near-constant attack have taught observers a thing or two about what banks can expect going forward.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has hired Citigroup (NYSE: C) executive Maria Veltre as its new chief marketing officer.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., reported as rise in quarterly profit as its loan portfolio grew.

With Washington on the consumer protection warpath, Discover's latest marketing pitch plays up the flexible and generous terms of its new flagship product, the "it" card.

The technology fails to deliver a substantial difference in convenience for customers, resembling the struggles faced by the mobile payments industry.

Too few of the small banks willing to sell have businesses worth buying, bank CEOs said during the recent round of earnings calls.

Discover has signed contracts with 50 merchant acquirers to enable PayPal's in-store payment system to pass 2 million merchant locations by the end of 2013, the card brand said.

Providers should link their products and services to information and tools that are relevant, timely, actionable and ongoing.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced this morning it is rebranding the CU Service Centers shared branch network and its “swirl” logo and signage it acquired in a 2012 merger with Financial Service Centers Cooperative with the CO-OP Shared Branch signage over the next two years.