Branch management

HUD suffers setback, CECL delayed, PNC plots expansion: Top stories of the week

07/19/19

A court ruling deals a blow to efforts by HUD to restrict nonprofit housing funds from operating on a national scale; most banks get another year to implement CECL; PNC chief William Demchak plans to enter more markets and more from this week’s most-read stories.

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Capital One keeps closing branches, even as rivals open them

07/01/19

Other banks say they need to add branches to attract more deposits, but Capital One is sticking to its strategy of aggressively closing them and gathering the bulk of new deposits online.

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Using AI to find the ideal branch location

06/07/19

Paramount Financial Technologies says its software can help banks answer key questions about their branch networks, including when it makes sense to expand them.

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It’s up to bankers whether tech will make them productive or obsolete

05/02/19

Online banking and self-service options for customers free branch workers to focus on business development. Employees will need to step up to the challenge or they'll be left out.

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Charlotte bound: U.S. Bank expanding into hometown of BofA, BB&T-SunTrust

04/22/19

The Minneapolis bank will open about 10 branches in North Carolina's largest city by the end of next year, adding to already intensifying competition among big banks.

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A humble approach to gaining customers

04/04/19

Bank managers should remember their roots and keep their hands in business development, even as they climb the ranks.

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'There is no division in our industry': BofA's Moynihan

04/02/19

Banks of all sizes need to stick together to ward off threats from "unregulated" fintechs and other nonbanks, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

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Two top Citi consumer banking executives to depart

02/22/19

Will Howle, head of U.S. retail and mortgage banking, and Alice Milligan, chief digital experience officer, will leave this spring.

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Fed examines Deutsche’s Danske role; Wells loses another executive

01/24/19

The bank says regulators want information about its possible role in the money laundering scandal; Kristi Mitchem moves to BMO Global Asset Management.

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KeyCorp’s deal for student lender raises eyebrows

01/17/19

Executives at Key pushed back against doubts over a deal for Laurel Road Bank’s digital lending platform so late in the credit cycle, arguing that its customers are prime borrowers with high incomes.

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