Consumer banking

Huntington building AI into digital advice tools

01/14/19

Its savings, budgeting, spending and goal-setting tools, combined with artificial intelligence to add smart insights and advice, are a good example of how regional banks are trying to distinguish their mobile products from those of bigger banks with larger tech budgets.

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Citigroup's big challenge for 2019

01/14/19

CEO Michael Corbat will need to lean heavily on credit cards and other consumer business lines, and keep driving down costs, to offset weaknesses in capital markets.

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Banks, credit unions help federal workers weather shutdown

01/11/19

Financial institutions of all sizes are offering low- or zero-rate loans, waiving fees and making other arrangements to aid federal workers — a practice that regulators officially blessed on Friday, the 21st day of the closing of many U.S. agencies.

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Online lender’s aim: Turn borrowers into depositors

01/10/19

Affirm, which for six years has plied its trade as a point-of-sale lender, wants to move deeper into banking by offering a high-rate savings account.

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German neobank's $300M infusion will fuel U.S. rollout

01/10/19

Nicolas Kopp, head of N26 in this country, explains how the company plans to spend a chunk of the proceeds on its expansion here and add to the intensifying competition among fintechs.

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Financial wellness startup Even pulls in big bucks, big talent

01/10/19

Its data-driven financial management services for workers who live paycheck to paycheck — and a contract with Walmart — have attracted executives from Facebook, JPMorgan and elsewhere as well as a major investment from the head of Box.

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How credit card issuers can help curb gun violence

01/08/19

Issuers should take seriously critics’ claims they need to more closely monitor the sale of guns, before policymakers force the issue.

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10 to watch in 2019

01/07/19

CEOs on the hot seat. Banks fighting to stay independent. Comfortable players ripe for disruption from Amazon and others. It is shaping up as a riveting year.

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Banks and Thrifts with the Largest Portfolios of Home Equity Loans

01/07/19

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Why bank M&A may be in for a slow stretch

01/04/19

Slumping stock prices may force banks to press pause, but the need for low-cost deposits and scale could provide a spark later this year.

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