Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Hampton Roads Bankshares in Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay $200,000 to address an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into the company's accounting practices.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, who was diagnosed with throat cancer earlier this year, said tests this week showed no evidence of the disease in his body.
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Orchard Platform,a company that provides analytics and data support for the online marketplace lending industry, has launched an online dating site of sorts to help investors find online lenders from which to buy loans.
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Border Bancshares in Greenbush, Minn., has agreed to buy full ownership of First Advantage Bank in Coon Rapids, Minn.
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United Labor Bank in Oakland, Calif., has a new name.
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CertusHoldings in Greenville, S.C., is getting very little money for selling its broker-dealer and wealth-management units.
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More borrowers are falling behind on their car payments and the total amount of outstanding debt is reaching new high marks, according to Experian's latest report.
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Encore Capital Group Inc., a San Diego-based debt buying firm, announced it is providing $124,000 in scholarships to students at 43 community colleges across the U.S., as part of its new national program, the Encore Capital Group Scholarship Fund.
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Premier Consulting Group settled CFPB charges on Thursday, a month after another debt settlement firm's case closed with a nine-year prison sentence for its owner.
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The biggest bank in the country now lets opted-in mobile Android and Apple customers view their balances without entering their user names and passwords.
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which imposes tough requirements on third-party collectors, exempts banks that handle debt collections in-house. Now banks are worried that they are going to lose that special treatment.
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Borrowers who have made five years of payments on their modified loans will be eligible to earn $5,000 in the next year to reduce their outstanding balance.
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Bank debt is back in vogue. The question is for how long.
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Security National Bank in Sioux City, Iowa, said Thursday that it has agreed to purchase First Trust & Savings Bank in Moville, Iowa.
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Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, has split the positions of president and chief executive, the company announced Wednesday.
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Most big companies achieve success by squeezing vendors, lowering prices, improving efficiency and giving consumers what they want. But in the topsy-turvy world of banking, the most disliked financial institutions end up at the top of the food chain.
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Daily spending among middle- and lower-income Americans, those with annual household incomes of less than $90,000 a year, increased to $79 in November from $76 in October, according to a new Gallup poll.
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A class-action lawsuit filed in California accuses CorrectiveSolutions of unfairly collecting debts by paying district attorneys to use their letterheads and seals.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Canada's largest lender by assets, said fourth-quarter profit rose 8 percent as earnings from domestic and wholesale banking increased.
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Earthport, a cross-border payments service provider, has partnered with the digital currency network provider Ripple Labs to allow enterprise businesses, including banks, to more efficiently transmit money worldwide.
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