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PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) has agreed to review mortgage loan applications in eight Northeastern states as part of a settlement over allegations that the company discriminated against a prospective borrower who was on maternity leave.
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Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., will look to give its shareholders better liquidity this year, but it is not reconsidering an initial public offering.
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The Cincinnati company is teaming up with an Oregon placement agency to help its unemployed mortgage customers find jobs and, it hopes, get caught up on their monthly payments.
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Customers Bank is buying a commercial loan portfolio based in New England from Flagstar. The deal would reunite Jay Sidhu with some valuable former employees.
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The recently renamed ConnectOne Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has filed to raise up to $46 million through an initial public offering.
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Virtually all discussions of banking crises these days assume that depositors should always be protected, often at taxpayer expense. Let's consider whether at least some depositors should be bailed in.
February 6
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A new report finds that consumers have a deeply ingrained expectation that checking accounts should be free. It argues that banks need to become savvier and more scientific in order to overcome that barrier.
February 6
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The House Financial Services Committee held its first full hearing of the year on Wednesday, with lawmakers divided on the future of the Federal Housing Administration.
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A new partnership between Western Union Co. and Carrefour Group will provide money transfer and bill pay services at the big-box retailer's stores in Argentina, the companies announced Wednesday. In addition, Western Union extended its existing relationship to provide money transfer services at Walmart Canada locations.
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BofI Holding (BOFI) in San Diego earned a record quarterly profit on surging interest income and a higher interest margin.
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