Banking

The CUSO’s business solution aims to help CUs save money on card processing.

Banks should not point blame at the credit bureau but rather should step up and demonstrate their commitment to their customers. If you punt the problem to Equifax, it suggests you don’t really care.

The chief executive officer of Social Finance is stepping down before the end of the year amid sexual harassment accusations leveled at one of the most valuable financial technology startups.

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Facial recognition and an updated Apple Watch could spur change in banks’ mobile apps for Apple customers.

Online lender’s co-founder says “negative press” from lawsuits has become a “distraction”; company sought lighter regulation and limited legal liability for credit bureaus.

Senate Finance Committee leaders sent a letter to Equifax CEO Richard Smith scrutinizing the scope of the company's data breach and its response.

CIBC's Victor Dodig has big plans for the U.S., but other bank execs speaking at an investor conference Monday warned of risks in certain sectors.

The hurricane was expected by many to deliver catastrophe. Instead, bankers are largely looking to restore power and confirm the status of employees.

Lawmakers signaled Monday that Congress will likely have a swift and powerful response to revelations that the credit reporting company Equifax was hacked, exposing 143 million people to identity theft.

Citigroup’s struggles with collections on certain types of retail credit card accounts have persisted in the third quarter, but it hopes to contain chargeoffs.

Millennials — many of whom joined credit unions in recent years as the movement's membership expanded — are relying more heavily on personal loans than their Gen X predecessors while paring back on credit cards and mortgages.

The agency has earmarked all funds from a Hurricane Harvey recovery package for direct relief, despite calls to get more bankers involved in the process. It remains to be seen how the agency will handle the cleanup for Hurricane Irma.

But the Wayzata, Minn., company is not out of legal hot water, as a judge let stand some charges that it violated a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that prohibits using deceptive practices to sell consumer products.

Associated's agreement to buy Whitnell & Co. comes just weeks after the company lined up its first bank deal since the financial crisis.

The National Credit Union Administration must return all credit union monies that come from merging the insurance and stabilization funds, and halt its proposal to increase the normal operating level for the share insurance fund.

By design, any practice that requires a customer to simply hand over online bank credentials to a third party is a terrible idea.

NCUA must return all credit union monies that come from merging the insurance and stabilization funds, and halt its proposal to increase the normal operating level for the share insurance fund.

The FBI and at least two states are looking into the data breach; Harvey shut lots of banks, but mobile banking apps keep customers operating.

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