Ally Bank

Deposit surge, fewer charge-offs highlight Ally’s 4Q results

01/30/19

More than half of the new depositors the online bank added in the fourth quarter are millennials.

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Ally Bank goes for viral marketing with 'Banksgiving' campaign

11/20/18

The new ad illustrates how banks are going beyond traditional promotions to try and find something that customers will share on their own.

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No room for rate chasers: Online banks try new pricing strategies

10/10/18

CIT Bank and Simple recently started offering higher yields on the condition that customers make regular contributions to savings. The offers are designed to help the banks avoid rate wars, but some analysts question whether they will appeal to enough consumers.

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Ally to exit RV, airplane and transportation equipment lending

08/29/18

The Detroit bank wants to focus on its core business instead, but other institutions have seen rapid growth in loans for recreational vehicles and other large pieces of transportation equipment.

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Ally’s Q2 results helped by auto loans, hurt by deposit trends

07/26/18

The Detroit company is facing stiffer competition in the battle for online deposits, but it has benefited from a key rival's retreat in auto lending

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Online banks struggle to stay connected with younger mobile users

06/28/18

A new survey from J.D. Power shows that customers of digital-only banks, such as Capital One 360 and Ally Bank, are less satisfied with their banks' mobile channels than they were a year ago. Declining satisfaction among younger consumers is driving that trend.

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Will cheap advice turn off wealthy customers?

06/05/18

Most big banks are launching robo-advisers to compete for a new breed of wealth management customer. The risk is that automated services will disappoint traditional customers.

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Ally seizes opportunity in used-car lending

04/26/18

Record originations on "better-yielding" used-car loans helped drive a 14% increase in its first-quarter profit. But Ally's shares were down Thursday on concerns of rising deposit costs.

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Why digital banks are welcoming CRA revamp

04/18/18

Online banks have good reason for wanting regulators to update the 41-year-old Community Reinvestment Act.

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Rate wars: Leaders and laggards in repricing consumer deposits

03/14/18

Online banks and some credit unions are responding to Fed rate hikes by aggressively raising deposit rates on CDs, savings accounts and money market products, while the nation's biggest banks are largely standing pat — for now.

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