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The Portland, Ore., company outlined a plan to boost its return on tangible common equity to between 13-15% by 2020. More details will be provided by fall, executives said.

Customer services are between two human beings. The quality of their exchange is more important than the resolution.

The CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a top matchmaker for bank mergers, explains why large banks will soon return to dealmaking after a long absence, the case for starting new banks and the enduring value of branches.

The Pittsburgh bank is developing new products, simplifying old ones and modernizing its workplace based on detailed feedback from consumers, small businesses and employees in an attempt to create a bank they all like better.

The phony-sales scandal forced a reckoning over an organizational structure that had long encouraged autonomy for the bank’s various business units.

Energy sensors will let JPMorgan Chase master-control everything from office temperatures to sprinkler systems in an attempt to preserve the scale of its branch network but lower the costs.

Community banks are less likely to close branch locations than their larger counterparts. But those branches should mix technology with the homespun local flavor customers have come to expect.

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

Whether it is a bank branch or an automated fast-food kiosk, talented and engaged employees will remain integral to future success.

IT work is getting more complex, and that's delaying revenue, according to Diebold Nixdorf.

Its agreement to sell two branches to another Louisiana bank is part of a broader plan by MidSouth's new CEO to eliminate seven branches.

The New York regulator's move is aimed at giving credit unions more opportunities to recruit new members and serve existing members.

More consumers will soon be able to withdraw cash at ATMs by using their mobile phones as a remote control via Cardtronics, which has decided to extend FIS Cardless Cash to all of its U.S. ATMs over the next two years.

Chinese bettors withdrawing money from some ATMs in Macau need to do more than punch in their PIN code. They also have to stare into a camera for six seconds so facial-recognition software can verify their identity and help monitor transactions.

With this latest batch of new contracts, the credit union service organization now counts 23 of the 25 largest CUs as clients.

The $2.6 billion-asset parent of TBK Bank is acquiring nine branches from Independent Bank Group.

ES Bancshares, which recently sold a branch near Poughkeepsie, plans to open second branches in the two boroughs.

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Mobile ATMs are generally more secure than card-based machines, but still require more security than more traditional digital transactions, writes Sam Shawki, founder and CEO of MagicCube.