Banking

Lost in the battle between banks and retailers — which is being fought with renewed vigor in the early days of the Trump administration — is any consideration of how caps on interchange fees have affected consumer spending patterns.

Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris discusses how his venture capital firm, QED Investors, helps banks and fintechs better understand each other.

It’s unclear whether connecting lenders and borrowers over the internet offers any advantages over traditional lending, according to panelists at the Structured Finance Industry Group conference in Vegas.

The Structured Finance Industry Group and Chamber of Digital Commerce will explore ways distributed ledger technology might speed transaction processing and improve transparency.

Commerce Union had been focused on expanding around Nashville, Tenn., until a lender based 120 miles away was available to hire.

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Firms including Betterment, Coinbase and TransferWise have told customers that despite a bug affecting the content delivery network Cloudflare, their data is safe.

Fifth Third, which is currently barred from buying banks, has announced a pair of nonbank deals in recent months.

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Melanie Dressel was one of the most highly respected bank CEOs in the business. She was also an all-around exceptional person.

Lending by U.S. banks continued to fall in February after dropping the previous two months despite Trump euphoria; American banks are shifting jobs to Asian countries.

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Credit unions large and small (and all sizes in between) are giving back in a big way.

CIBC’s CEO vows to stay “disciplined” in his bid to buy PrivateBancorp, even as some of the Chicago bank’s investors say the deal is insufficient. The head of RBC, meanwhile, said it will pursue organic growth instead of acquisitions, at least for a while.

Banks are partnering with tech companies to win back some of the small-business customers that the industry lost to fintechs.

The Denver bank had spent the last two-plus years addressing concerns about capital and underwriting procedures.

Back-office and member-facing technology can provide valuable data to help shape the member’s experience, keeping it long on service but short on time spent waiting.

The industry had cause to celebrate when the regulator revamped its MBL and FOM regulations, but several fights are brewing.

Canada's largest lender reported double-digit profit growth in its latest quarter in part because of CEO David McKay's focus on expanding in private wealth and commercial banking in the U.S.

The British bank recovered after two years of red ink and is close to finishing a major restructuring; DOJ, Treasury and New York state are investigating the credit card lender.