credit cards

Consumer, commercial loan growth drive Capital One's 4Q profits

01/22/19

The McLean, Va., company also reported a decline in charge-offs on credit card loans.

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Furloughed employees' latest headache: Work-related credit card debt

01/22/19

For thousands of government employees, credit card bills are coming due for travel and other expenses they incurred before the shutdown.

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Amex ratchets up spending in rewards war for premium clients

01/17/19

American Express Co. is pulling out the big bucks to keep its stronghold on premium credit-card users.

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Sterling Jewelers fined by CFPB for unauthorized credit card accounts

01/16/19

The company owning brands such as Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry will pay $11 million under a settlement with the consumer bureau and New York's attorney general.

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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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Citi beats estimate as earning season opens; Goldman eyes cash management

01/14/19

Trading revenue for banks is expected to be flat; the bank plans high deposit rates to lure corporate customers.

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'A textbook example of rent-seeking': Comments of the week

01/11/19

Readers weigh in on pushback by appraisers to a new regulatory proposal, consider credit card issuers' role in the gun debate, respond to recent credit union mergers and more.

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LendUp spins off credit card business, names new CEO

01/10/19

The subprime online lender said Thursday that it will spin off its credit card business into a new entity, Mission Lane. It also named a new CEO to replace its founder, Sasha Orloff.

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Lending preview: C&I will surge, CRE will slump in 2019

01/09/19

Consumer lending should also be a bright spot, while mortgage lending could be suppressed by rising rates and tight housing supplies.

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Household delinquencies are on the rise. Should bankers be worried?

01/08/19

More consumers fell behind on their loans in the third quarter of 2018, even as average wages rose and the unemployment rate fell to a 50-year low.

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