National banks

KeyCorp to buy fintech firm that helped it score with customers

05/31/17

KeyCorp is acquiring HelloWallet, a personal financial management product it has offered its bank customers since 2015, from the investment research firm Morningstar.

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Ohio banks team up to form fintech accelerator

05/09/17

Fifth Third, Huntington Bancshares and KeyCorp are among the companies backing an effort to bring startups to the Buckeye State.

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CIT taps former Citizens Financial exec as CFO

04/13/17

John Fawcett, previously CFO at Citizens Financial in Providence, R.I., will succeed Carol Hayles as CFO.

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Regions recruits CIO from marketplace lender Kabbage

04/11/17

Amala Duggirala said she was attracted to Regions because of its digital products and commitment to innovation.

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USAA taps Fifth Third retail chief as bank president

04/07/17

The San Antonio company named Chad Borton, previously head consumer banking at Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati, for the role. Fifth Third has named Philip McHugh as his successor.

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Bank of Montreal CEO Downe to retire as White named successor

04/07/17

Bank of Montreal's Bill Downe, the longest-serving chief executive officer among Canada's largest lenders, will retire Oct. 31 after spending a decade expanding the nation's oldest bank through acquisitions in the U.S. and overseas.

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Big banks poised to scoop up fintech startups, report finds

04/06/17

Big banks may have scoffed when a gaggle of financial technology upstarts promised to reinvent their business. Now they want to buy them.

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American Banker wins award for reporting on Wells Fargo scandal

04/05/17

The publication won the Neal award for best news coverage and Washington Bureau Chief Rob Blackwell received the prestigious Timothy White award for editorial leadership.

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JPM's Zames touts automation, robotics in shareholder letter

04/04/17

The megabank is looking to robotics and machine learning to save time and money.

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Wells-Finicity deal furthers data detente

04/04/17

The battle over screen scraping seems to be subsiding into a series of agreements between banks and fintechs using open APIs.

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