Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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JPMorgan Chase named former U.S. Treasury Department official Darius Kingsley as co-general counsel of mortgage banking.
May 29 -
RALEIGH, N.C. State Employees CU announced this morning it has signed with Diebold to update and replace more than 1,100 ATMs, the biggest ATM fleet owned by any credit union.
May 29 -
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Traverse Bay Area CU plans to build its new headquarters at a site contaminated by a former gas station.
May 28 -
Citigroup has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the federal government that charged the bank with misleading investors in the run-up to the mortgage meltdown.
May 28 -
Momentum is building on both sides of the aisle for significant reform of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. American Banker staffers discuss what's behind the Senate's rare show of bipartisanship.
May 28 -
A decade after changing its name to reflect a broader geographic reach, ISB has reverted to its former name, Ixonia Bank.
May 28 -
A Chilean bank's plan to keep the Miami bank intact is a better outcome for the market than a sale to an existing regional bidder, industry observers say.
May 28 -
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has hired Travis Machen from Morgan Stanley (MS) to run a group that provides banking for financial institutions.
May 28 -
The long-held notion that community banks, by definition, provide exceptional customer service is getting debunked.
May 28 -
The credit rating agency on Tuesday changed its outlook on the U.S. banking system to stable from negative, citing an improving economy and strengthening balance sheets at many institutions. Its rating on banks had been negative since 2008.
May 28 -
Either prepaid will move to mobile or prepaid will have to be repositioned toward a more value-added proposition.
May 28 -
It didn't take long for Live Oak to explode onto the SBA lending scene. Though it has just $330 million in assets, CEO Chip Mahan's latest banking venture trails only Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank on the government's list of the most active SBA lenders.
May 28 -
A federal jury convicted three former executives at the failed Bank of the Commonwealth in Norfolk, Va., of hiding the bank's bad assets for their own gain.
May 28 -
Fidelity National Financial (FNF) announced Tuesday that it acquired Lender Processing Services (LPS), confirming rumors that the two had been making plans to make a deal worth $2.9 billion.
May 28 -
Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin (ABCW) in Madison lost $17.5 million in the first quarter despite an improvement in credit quality.
May 28 -
The CFPB has made fair lending a top priority. To avoid problems, scrutinize the agencys view of the laws, proactively analyze policies and document the reasons behind your loan decisions.
May 28 -
Fidelity National Financial Inc., the largest U.S. title insurer, agreed to acquire its former unit, Lender Processing Services Inc., to expand in the business of providing and analyzing mortgage data.
May 28 -
Because Bitcoin transactions are virtually instant, free and near-anonymous, charitable organizations are collecting and distributing donations in bitcoin.
May 28 -
SAN DIEGO The $6.2-billion San Diego County Credit Union is opening two more branches, bringing its network to 31.
May 27 -
A "smart" branch of $805-million Financial Partners Credit Union that features no cash but is heavy on technology has been so successful the CU plans an immediate sequel.
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