Banking

Jason Brown explains why his company, Tally, helps consumers by paying their monthly balances, providing advice and offering a lower-rate credit line.

Nearly 60% of people thinking about switching banks would be open to banking with a big tech company if they ever get that option. Cash incentives or existing savings accounts are big factors in consumer decisions — and things that banks could keep in mind in their efforts to recruit or retain customers.

Wells Fargo charges students nearly four times as much in fees as banks without college marketing agreements, according to an internal report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Several challenger banks are trying to relieve consumers’ financial stress by offering tools that guide better habits.

The former head of Heritage Oaks Bancorp says she relishes a chance to reinvent Luther Burbank, a thrift that wants to make more commercial loans — a shift she has deftly orchestrated before.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Uniti Financial focuses on the Korean-American community through three offices around Los Angeles.

Everything from fintechs to Amazon are threatening the financial services industry. Credit unions need a plan in place to keep up.

Loans to house flippers dropped 11% in the third quarter, indicating "possible turbulence;" the German bank may have allowed some clients to claim tax credits on stock they didn't own.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard's seeking a blockchain anonymity patent; Wearables advance in Russia; GDPR compliance may hit a snag; Open banking takes shape in the Middle East.

The regulatory agencies are the last word on an exemption from the proprietary trading ban, and there are no signs they will expand it beyond small institutions.

It’s still primarily a commercial bank, but the branding campaign — CIT’s first in a dozen years — is designed to appeal to the group driving its torrid deposit growth: retail savers.

CU*Answers is working with VantageScore, and now its institutions will be able to get additional information on members' credit history.

Blockchain backers concede the hype is turning off bankers; Mulvaney's CFPB name change could cost industry millions of dollars; the one banking bill Congress might actually pass next term; and more from this week's most-read stories.

The New Jersey bank is offering fintechs ways to stay compliant with consumer protection regulations.

The structure of Citigroup's newly combined investment banking and capital markets division is becoming clearer, with the appointment John Chirico and Kevin Cox as co-heads of the business for North America.

The regional bank is working with customers to help develop and launch new products, including a small-business credit card.

The New Jersey company terminated an acquisition after being hit with the order in 2016.