Consumer banking
Higher funding costs, lower loan demand and the potential for increased credit costs continue to drag on the sector heading into second-quarter earnings season.
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With the Federal Reserve holding interest rates at elevated levels through the first half of the year, analysts are sharpening their collective focus on possible fallout from high deposit and borrowing costs.
July 2 -
Gone are the days when Wall Street executives dressed in conspicuously expensive clothing. Now the industry has adopted a more relaxed and casual dress code.
May 26
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Ryan Bailey's responsibilities include refreshing Cambridge Savings Bank's digital-only brand Ivy Bank. The institution believes his prior stint at USAA has prepared him for the challenge.
March 1 -
Banks continued to downsize their retail networks and invest more in digital services last year. But they shut down fewer branches in 2023 than in recent years partly because of an M&A slowdown.
February 27 -
Financial institutions need to reconsider the logic and intuitiveness of their website design. They could also introduce free credit scores and capitalize on generative AI, experts say.
February 15 -
Mike Abbott, global banking lead at Accenture, shared where he sees banks using the technology most effectively in the year ahead.
January 22 -
After being undercapitalized for decades, some minority-led banks finally got large capital infusions in the wake of George Floyd's murder. But higher interest rates have made it harder for them to gather the deposits they need to boost lending substantially.
January 9 -
The Cincinnati, Ohio, bank also promoted three other top executives to new roles. All of the changes will be effective in early 2024.
December 19 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's annual student banking report reveals that college-endorsed financial products, including credit cards and student ID-linked deposit accounts, often impose high fees and unfavorable terms, reinforcing the CFPB's ongoing scrutiny of potential violations of federal consumer financial protection laws.
December 19
