Consumer banking
Consumer banking
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The Financial Action Task Force’s recent guidance on data privacy regulations should serve as a warning to companies planning to test virtual currencies.
August 23 -
Most people don't actually like the experience of doing banking, but credit unions can take steps to make it more rewarding.
August 23 -
Readers react to regulators revamping the Volcker Rule and the U.S. Postal Service getting into banking, criticize HUD's plan to make it harder for consumers to allege discrimination and more.
August 22 -
How is the Pennsylvania bank trying to differentiate itself in wealth management? By assembling a team of private bankers to cater to the complex needs of high-net-worth clients.
August 22 -
A J.D. Power official says supplemental benefits — many centered on travel cards — need to be pared down. His comments followed the company’s release of survey data that showed these hard-to-understand benefits were a drag on customer satisfaction.
August 22 -
Real-time transactions, reward points and early access to paychecks are among the features N26 is attempting to sell consumers here.
August 22 -
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Recent studies offer a dire outlook for water levels in drought-prone states. Some banks are bracing for this risk with changes to underwriting of real-estate-related loans.
August 21 -
As a growing number of chains go bankrupt, loan charge-offs are rising.
August 21 -
After a news report said the bank kept alive accounts customers thought they had closed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told acting CEO Allen Parker in a letter that Wells is "still fundamentally broken."
August 21 -
Hove, who spent 11 years on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board, was the agency's acting chairman three different times during the 1990s. He held several jobs in banking, including chairman and CEO of Minden Exchange Bank & Trust, which had been led by his father.
August 20 -
First Mutual Holding is buying the tiny Blue Grass Federal and keeping its charter. The deal will allow the seller to save costs and maintain its autonomy.
August 20 -
A panel of federal appeals court judges reversed a district court’s decision on the NCUA’s controversial field-of-membership rule, but saw merit in bankers’ claims of potential redlining.
August 20 -
The company has agreed to buy Albany Bancshares, which has four branches near the Iowa border.
August 20 -
The agency is trying to update its rate-cap policy for institutions that fall below "well-capitalized." But it remains to be seen if the proposed changes fully address community bankers' concerns.
August 20 -
Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.
August 20 -
The Louisiana company will enter two new markets after it buys the locations.
August 20 -
Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.
August 20 -
Community First will pay $40 million in cash for the parent of Affinity Bank.
August 20 -
CDCUs provide essential financial services in underserved communities but these institutions can struggle to keep up with compliance and technology demands.
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