Digital banking

Philadelphia says banks colluded; Goldman’s 1MDB legal woes ‘just beginning’?

02/22/19

City sues seven banks for alleged price fixing on floating-rate bonds; analyst says “the most negative revelations are yet to come” in the 1MDB scandal.

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'Nice try JPM, but no cigar': Comments of the week

02/21/19

Readers weigh legislative proposals on pot banking, consider JPMorgan's new digital coin, debate the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s brokered deposit rules and more.

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Banks try new tools to learn what doesn't click in digital

02/20/19

Page views and sales results don't explain which customers do what, and why they do things (or don't do them), in online and mobile banking.

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Green Dot's profits surge on higher swipe fees, purchase volume

02/20/19

The results suggest that consumers who buy Green Dot cards are using them with greater frequency or for longer periods of time than they have in the past.

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Can JPMorgan Chase's JPM Coin knock off Ripple and Swift?

02/14/19

JPMorgan is prototyping its own digital currency to be used for cross-border payments and, later, other purposes. Will banks find this a palatable alternative to today's most well-known options?

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Closing many branches, but keeping most customers

02/12/19

OceanFirst in New Jersey shuttered more than a third of its branches but says nearly all the customers stuck with the bank because it trained employees to show customers how to go digital.

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Citi rolls out new personal loan, online savings account

02/12/19

The moves are aimed at beefing up consumer lending and attracting deposits in markets where Citi has no branch presence.

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Digital arms race key driver in BB&T-SunTrust deal

02/07/19

The merged bank would set up an innovation and technology center in Charlotte as part of its bid to compete better against the largest institutions and fintech startups.

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Physician niche just what doctor ordered for this small bank

02/01/19

Community banks generally make digital a consumer play, but TransPecos Bank, with its BankMD brand, is focusing on doctor practices, which tend to weather economic downturns well.

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It’s a platform planet. Can banks adapt to it?

02/01/19

Thanks to big tech companies, the business world is moving to third-party platforms, or online marketplaces where sellers pull buyers' products off digital shelves. A growing number of financial institutions — including BBVA, Citi and community banks like Eastern — say they can't afford to sit out the trend.

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