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Credit-quality alert: How are the consumer credit markets doing? To quote the Magic 8-Ball: "outlook not so good."

Synchrony Financial, the largest U.S. issuer of private-label credit cards, said Tuesday that its chargeoff rate is likely to rise by 20 to 30 basis points over the next year, as some borrowers struggle to get on top of overdue payments. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times ...

Cybercriminals understand psychology just as much as they do technology. Here are steps your bank employees must take to mitigate the risk of phishing and other attacks.

Nonbanks now set the digital banking experience bar, but in less than a decade large banks will have swallowed them up and will have become digital financial superstores.

Wall Street Journal Election season is heating up, but the presidential candidates aren't the only ones shelling out for advertising. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching its own campaign to educate the public about its online tools and resources. As such, the agency is now devoting a larger portion of its budget to advertising compared with nearly every other federal agency, according to a review of government records by the Wall Street Journal. Â...

Bank of America's Cathy Bessant talks about the marriage of banking and technology and former Countrywide executive Rebecca Mairone reflects on being one the few people in the industry to face criminal charges in the wake of the financial crisis. Also, could there be an all-female presidential ticket? Now that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, some wonder if Elizabeth Warren would consider being her running mate.