Consumer banking

Where regionals outshine big banks: The battle for cheap deposits

05/01/18

Investments in analytics and a focus on courting midsize businesses have helped regional banks add non-interest-bearing deposits even as they struggle for other types of deposits. Can they keep it up as rates rise?

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Regions to add Charlotte branch as part of Southern expansion

04/30/18

The Birmingham, Ala., company is also looking to bulk up in Atlanta, Houston, Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.

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Lessons from a mobile payments revolution

04/30/18

There is no disputing that China is ahead of the rest of the world in mobile payments. What insight does it offer U.S. bankers?

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'Along comes this lunacy': Comments of the week

04/26/18

Readers weigh in on the action at Wells Fargo’s annual meeting, debate the idea of changing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s name, chime in on a postal banking proposal and more.

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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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Least satisfied banking customers? Digital-only users

04/26/18

The most satisfied customers are those who frequently use online or mobile banking, but still visit branches two or three times a month, J.D. Power said in its annual Retail Banking Satisfaction Study.

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Gillibrand aims to 'wipe out' payday lenders with postal banking bill

04/25/18

The New York senator offers legislation to empower U.S. post offices to take deposits and make loans.

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Credit card, auto lending drive earnings growth at Capital One

04/24/18

Double-digit gains in the bank's two largest loan categories offset declines in commercial and home loans.

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Mulvaney to drop public complaints against firms, change CFPB name

04/24/18

Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney announced a trio of significant changes to the CFPB.

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Bank of Hawaii's 1Q profit climbs despite steep drop in fees

04/23/18

The $17 billion-asset Bank of Hawaii reported higher profits on rising interest income, even as it saw yearly declines in mortgage banking and deposit fee income, as well as losses on investment securities.

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