Banking

The institution launched the PayQwig digital wallet in 2015 and made the mobile app available earlier this year to link a mobile wallet to Tesco shoppers' Clubcard to earn points each time it was used.

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

Want employees to feel empowered to make decisions to help customers? Rewarding that behavior is one way to reinforce the message. Here’s how one South Dakota community bank goes about it — in a splashy, Super Bowl-sized way.

Company is third fintech firm in the past few months to seek its own bank charter; vice chair’s departure gives Trump four vacancies to fill on the Federal Reserve Board.

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The digital bank will also help San Francisco-based Lendeavor’s expansion efforts.

The Wall Street giant on Wednesday played up its customer service skills, saying that representatives of its Marcus personal-loan unit answer calls within 10 seconds.

The central bank said Wednesday that it will assess a range of options regarding its operational role in a modernized payment system, an issue that divides large and small banks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined a California-based lead aggregator and its owner hundreds of thousands of dollars for allegedly directing consumers toward illegal loans that would be void in their states.

The creators of Dash, a bitcoin rival whose price has increased nearly 3,400% in 2017, plan to entice thousands of white-hat hackers to inspect the project’s code for flaws.

The addition of John Stallings, who ran SunTrust's Virginia operations, is intended to make Union a more nimble institution, allowing CEO John Asbury to spend more time on strategic planning.

The Providence, R.I., company said Wednesday that it has launched its robo adviser in an effort to make inroads in serving “mass affluent” customers.

The acquisition will allow Eagle to expand into southwestern Montana.

Natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey reveal banks’ ability to lend a hand to communities in need, and to keep employees engaged and motivated for the initiatives that matter most.

Husband and wife claim they were fired for raising concerns about the bank’s sales practices; commercial mortgage-backed securities on pace to top last year’s volume.

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What does it take to become a big-bank CEO? An appreciation of history, philosophy and the liberal arts, apparently.

Fast code changes and compliance approvals helped bank customers who couldn’t make it to a branch.

The company said it could use the proceeds to fund acquisitions and to make more loans.

“You can’t serve the public if your employees are shell-shocked,” said one executive, comments echoed by other institutions dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.