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Fed 'listens' to assess impact of rural branch closings

10/04/18

The central bank’s top regulatory official discussed how the Fed is using listening sessions in isolated communities to understand the effect of losing the one bank in town.

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Do you omnichannel? Some customers insist on it

10/01/18

Financial firms must follow customers from mobile devices to desktop and back without missing a beat.

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Banks' long road to retail-ready voice assistants

09/27/18

An all-virtual future remains far off, as conversational programs still aren’t capturing the nuance of speech and chatbots have disappointed many customers.

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SunTrust glitch, Amazon and Google mortgages, Tim Sloan job security: Top stories of the week

09/21/18

"Normal system upgrade" knocks out SunTrust's online- and mobile-banking ops; "just a matter of time" before Amazon, Google enter mortgages; Wells Fargo looking for Tim Sloan's replacement?; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Why those high-profile bank glitches just won't stop

09/18/18

Several hard realities, including legacy technology and the pace of change in software and apps, leave firms vulnerable to outages that stir public outcry.

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Union Bank names Warner Bros. exec its digital chief

09/18/18

Julie Demarigny will be in charge of mobile and online strategies at the San Francisco bank.

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SunTrust patches glitch that knocked out mobile, online banking

09/18/18

The Atlanta bank warned that some customers may experience intermittent access. A routine system upgrade gone awry caused the problem.

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SunTrust glitch takes down online, mobile service

09/17/18

The bank chalked up its outage to "a normal system upgrade that experienced technical difficulty."

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Goldman Sachs names Carey Halio head of its banking unit

09/17/18

Halio has served as chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs Bank USA for the past four years, and she previously worked in the company’s credit risk division

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Umpqua to roll out Tinder-like app for bankers

09/13/18

The app allows customers to pick and choose the right private banker for them.

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