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BofA may go solo on payments processing; Trust banks’ slide

05/10/19

The bank may end its venture with First Data to work on its own; State Street and BNY Mellon's fee revenue from investor clients and stock prices are down.

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez propose 15% cap on credit card interest

05/09/19

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused banks of acting as “modern-day loan sharks” and called on Congress to enact a federal limit of 15% on credit card interest rates.

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Citi wants to bring credit card perks like miles to bank accounts

05/07/19

After quiet experiments, Citigroup is expanding perks designed for credit cards to encourage sales of other banking products.

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Banks hold onto riskier credit card loans amid higher losses

05/06/19

More U.S. consumers are defaulting on their credit cards, but banks may be holding onto the riskiest loans instead of passing them off to investors, according to a report from Barclays.

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U.S. Bank worker fired after blowing whistle on sales scheme, suit says

05/06/19

A former call center worker says he lost his job last year after reporting that employees were given incentives to market credit cards to ineligible borrowers.

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Synchrony appoints executive to oversee venture investments, M&A

05/02/19

Brian Doubles, who had been chief financial officer, will continue to report to CEO Margaret Keane in the newly created role.

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A busy month for fintech funding

05/01/19

Here are seven startups that received multimillion-dollar venture capital investments in recent weeks to accelerate the development of banking products and services.

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Credit card charge-offs hit seven-year high

04/26/19

Thirty-day delinquency rates, a harbinger of future write-offs, also increased at all seven of the largest U.S. card issuers in the first quarter.

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Broad-based loan growth drives higher profits at Discover

04/25/19

The company's credit card business has been outpacing industry-wide loan growth. In the first quarter, results were also aided by higher loan yields.

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C&I, fee income boost Capital One's 1Q profit

04/25/19

The strong growth in commercial lending made up for more modest gains in credit card and auto lending, its two largest business lines.

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