Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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House Republicans grilled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting deputy director Tuesday over how the agency gathers and protects consumer data.
July 9 -
UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo., is planning to open its first branch in Texas, according to a report.
July 9 -
Credit-risk managers are more optimistic than they have been in three years about lenders' ability to extend credit, a new study found.
July 9 -
Roberto Herencia, a veteran of bank recapitalizations, drew on tough lessons of the past to guide BXM Holdings' challenging recapitalization of Metropolitan Bank Group in Chicago.
July 9 -
The Federal Reserve Board has lifted regulatory actions against Huntington Bancshares in Texas and Buckeye Bancshares in Ohio.
July 9 -
First Financial Northwest (FFNW) in Renton, Wash., has created a new position by hiring a chief operating officer for its bank.
July 9 -
Wealth management advisors must strike a balance between recognizing investment differences between men and women and avoiding stereotypes when courting female prospects.
July 9 -
Capital One Financial's GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc. was sued over about $400 million in losses on mortgage-backed securities by investor trustee U.S. Bancorp.
July 9 -
Expert Global Solutions (EGS) and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay a $3.2 million civil penalty the largest ever obtained by the Federal Trade Commission against a third-party collector.
July 9 -
Consumer borrowing rose higher than expected in May as Americans charged away on their credit cards, according to the Federal Reserve's G.19 report released Monday.
July 9 -
Regulators ordered Texas-based Expert Global Solutions, the world's largest debt collection firm, on Tuesday to pay a $3.2 million fine for allegedly making illegal collections calls and not verifying debt in dispute.
July 9 -
Columbia Banking System's chief operating officer and executive vice president Mark Nelson will retire on Sept. 30.
July 9 -
Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, has named a new head of internal auditing.
July 9 -
CIB Marine Bancshares (CIBH) in Waukesha, Wis., has agreed to buy Avenue Mortgage in Naperville, Ill., CIB announced Monday. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
July 9 -
Equifax announced Monday that is acquired TrustedID, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based specialist in identity protection.
July 9 -
AmericanWest Bank in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to sell five Pacific Northwest branches in separate transactions.
July 9 -
U.S. consumers kept paying down debt in the first quarter ended March 31, as household wealth rose higher than the pre-recession peak, the American Bankers Association reported Tuesday.
July 9 -
Consumer credit is showing signs of strength as Americans seek to shrug off the effects of the financial crisis, according to two sets of data released Monday.
July 9 -
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. St. Marys CU this afternoon is holding a grand opening for a new branch it built by renovating a former Friendlys ice cream restaurant.
July 8 -
JPMorgan Chase's decision to freeze much of its credit card debt collection operations ahead of regulatory actions appears to have cost it hundreds of millions of dollars.
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