Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Credit unions are picking up auto lending share from the big banks.
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Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase all received failing grades on Fannie Mae's test of mortgage servicers based on overall performance, customer service and foreclosure prevention efforts.
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Bankers pointed to still-tepid credit demand as lending lost momentum in the first quarter, and worries over deteriorating standards and pricing.
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PayPal's long-watched partnership with Discover, which will allow Discover merchants to accept PayPal payments at the point of sale, is on track to launch April 19.
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Even though prepaid cards are already widely considered a product for the underbanked, usage patterns are showing more clearly just how different prepaid card users are from bank customers.
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David Rom, who helped found the $156 million-asset bank in 2006, stepped down as CEO on April 1, according to a report published Tuesday in the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. He was replaced by Tom Jacobson, who was the bank's chief operating officer.
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What's the most inane complaint your bank has ever received?
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A lack of communication allowed a number of banks to use funds from the small-business lending program to pay dividends or exit Tarp, Christy Romero wrote in a report issued Tuesday.
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Wells Fargo will pay $850,000 to settle a class-action that charges the company docked workers' pay for credit checks that did not result in loans.
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A spike in stock prices and lingering capital concerns should make bankers wary of buying back shares in the near term.
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There were more deals announced in the Midwest than in any other U.S. region last year.
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Uwharrie Capital Corp. (UWHR) in Albemarle, N.C., has repaid more than three-fourths of the money it took through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is demanding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac change rules to ensure that several thousand homeowners who got a temporary reprieve from paying their mortgage after Superstorm Sandy do not face a sudden spike in payments.
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Mainstream banks have shied away from loans on manufactured homes because of high default rates, but a nonprofit group is asking them to take another look at the niche.
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As regulatory scrutiny of third-party vendors is increasing, banks must improve their research and monitoring of the business they outsource.
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Midwest BankCentre in Lemay, Mo., has warned its customers of a security breach, possibly involving its third-party vendors.
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Mortgage servicers tied to the independent foreclosure review settlement will begin sending the first wave of $1.2 billion in checks to troubled borrowers on Friday, federal regulators said.
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An honest debate over our "too big to fail" problem and a sound policy response are incompatible with a wait-and-see approach to the laws already on the books.
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Rising stock prices, rebounding profits, restored dividends and a growing economy are signaling to U.S. banks it's time for more job cuts.
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MasterCard faces a European Union antitrust probe into bank fees on foreign card payments such as when tourists go shopping in the 27-nation bloc.
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