Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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Iberiabank (IBKC) in Lafayette, La., reported a jump in fourth-quarter profit thanks to higher fee income and lower interest expenses.
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Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has reshuffled its mix of branch office locations, as it enters Arizona and expands in the greater Los Angeles and Seattle areas.
January 25 -
In previous articles I spoke of banking and bankers. The following vignettes present some bank customers I encountered during my banking days, including a rabbi, a nun, a hotshot attorney and a philanderer.
January 25 -
The chairman and chief executive of Coatesville Savings Bank in Pennsylvania has resigned after eight years leading the bank.
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Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan said the "underlying fundamentals" of the U.S. economy are still improving and bankers have plenty of funds to lend.
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Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., is raising its profile in North Carolina. The $4 billion-asset company announced Friday it is buying The First National Bank of Shelby in Shelby, N.C., for roughly $67.8 million in cash and stock.
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Trustmark (TRMK) has received approval from regulators to buy BancTrust Financial Group in Mobile, Ala. The Jackson, Miss., company had waited months for approval to by BancTrust Financial Group (BTFG).
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A new chorus of "too big to jail" broke out among the masses as the president prepared to re-nominate Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and CapOne disclosed disappointing earnings.
January 25 -
What the mortgage industry wanted was a clear-cut rule from the CFPB. What it received was 800-plus pages of confusion.
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Historically a single-family lender, New York thrift Astoria Financial looks to improve profits by focusing on commercial and multifamily loans.
January 25 -
Citigroup has paused its sweeping cost-cutting program long enough to open a handful of U.S. branches.
January 24 -
President Obama's renomination of Richard Cordray, who has been running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under a controversial recess appointment, is garnering the same GOP concerns expressed when his name was first floated.
January 24 -
Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada's second-largest lender, is targeting wholesale banking in the U.S. after spending nine years building a network of retail branches from Maine to Florida.
January 24 -
First Horizon National (FHN) of Memphis, Tenn., is raising capital by issuing preferred stock. The parent of $25.5 billion-asset First Tennessee Bank announced Thursday an offering of depositary shares representing a fractional stake in its newly issued preferred stock.
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U.S. banks may be putting the effects of the financial crisis behind them, but they remain vulnerable to an economic slowdown.
January 24 -
Greek mythology. Steve Martin movies. Clever use of the word "compost." CEO Ed Wehmer uses whatever he can to make his points to analysts.
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San Bernardino County CEO Greg Devereaux said Thursday that the plan to use eminent domain to restructure the loans of underwater borrowers had not receive enough community support.
January 24 -
The credit card network is being targeted by liberal investors over its ties to a conservative group that lobbies at the state level.
January 24 -
Cost-cutting is ahead of schedule at KeyCorp, CEO Beth Mooney said. But analysts asked whether the Cleveland bank is doing enough.
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Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., reported its third straight quarter in the black.
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