Wealth management

PayPal quits Libra project; HSBC to cut 10,000 employees

10/07/19

The decision is a blow to Facebook's digital currency plans; the reduction is the bank’s “most ambitious attempt to rein in costs in years."

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HSBC to cut up to 10,000 Jobs to slash costs: Report

10/07/19

Europe would feel the brunt of the reductions, which would affect about 4% of the bank's global workforce.

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JPMorgan Chase's Mary Callahan Erdoes: The Most Powerful Woman in Finance

09/22/19

A decade into her role as head of JPMorgan Chase's asset management arm, Erdoes continues to deliver strong results for the nation's largest banking company.

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Wells Fargo creates new roles in latest effort to satisfy regulators

07/31/19

The San Francisco bank is moving two executives into new positions who will report to consumer banking head Mary Mack.

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Ameriprise predicts bank launch will spur more growth

07/26/19

Thanks to its newly launched bank, Ameriprise's 10,000 financial advisers will soon start offering direct services like deposits and mortgages.

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Morgan Stanley tries the cloud; Santander-Orcel feud escalates

07/26/19

“Digital Vault” will allow customers to store encrypted documents on third-party servers; bank accuses Orcel of misdeeds.

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BofA's plan to sustain its consumer banking mojo

07/17/19

Bank of America says rate cuts could reinvigorate mortgages and that its digital and cards strategies will help it grab more market share to offset shrinking margins.

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First Republic views loan growth as key offset to margin pressure

07/16/19

The San Francisco company touted a strong pipeline for loans over the rest of this year.

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HSBC's new U.S. chief, Pittsburgh turf war, leveraged loan jeopardy: Top stories of the week

07/12/19

Citi’s chief lending officer to take over HSBC’s U.S. business; Pittsburgh banks brace for incursion of industry heavyweights; borrowing by nonbank leveraged lenders is growing (maybe too much); and more from this week’s most-read stories.

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How one small bank is getting rich in wealth management

07/08/19

Peapack-Gladstone in New Jersey has more than doubled its assets under management in the last six years, taking advantage of buyouts of its smaller rivals as it aims to become less dependent on net interest income.

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