Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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There were more deals announced in the Midwest than in any other U.S. region last year.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
As regulatory scrutiny of third-party vendors is increasing, banks must improve their research and monitoring of the business they outsource.
April 9 -
Midwest BankCentre in Lemay, Mo., has warned its customers of a security breach, possibly involving its third-party vendors.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
Rising stock prices, rebounding profits, restored dividends and a growing economy are signaling to U.S. banks it's time for more job cuts.
April 9 -
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.
April 9 -
Charter Financial Corp. in West Point, Ga., has converted to a fully public company.
April 8 -
A provision that would raise capital standards at both small and large banks could potentially hamper the legislative effort to break up the biggest institutions.
April 8 -
The Minneapolis company announced Monday that Rick Aneshansel would succeed Dan Arrigoni as the president of its U.S. Bank Home Mortgage unit. Arrigoni is set to retire June 30.
April 8 -
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.
April 8 -
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started taking consumer complaints on money transfers before it finalizes amendments to its remittance rule.
April 8 -
Union Bank in San Francisco has forged a deal that will give the company a further foothold on the East Coast.
April 8 -
The company announced two deals in the first quarter, ending a three-year drought after raising millions to buy banks.
April 8 -
Synovus Financial (SNV) is adding a director while losing two others. The $27 billion-asset company said Monday it has nominated Barry Storey to serve on its board.
April 8 -
Identifying the top female executives whose work is directing the future of payments.
April 8 -
Nearly a quarter of Investors Bancorp's branches will be near the Philadelphia suburbs once it completes its acquisitions of Gateway Community and Roma Financial.
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