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Bank profits slide as people struggle with debt

JPMorgan set aside $3.1 billion to cover potentially bad loans, up sharply from a year earlier, as delinquencies climb among some Americans.

13.07.2024 8

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Citigroup has now been fined more than half a billion dollars after CEO Jane Fraser staked her tenure on fixing the bank

The latest $135.6 million fine is on top of the $400 million fine that Citi paid back in 2020, before Fraser became CEO in 2021.

11.07.2024 10

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FDIC chair who quit following report of workplace stalking, harassment and homophobia will be replaced by Georgetown law professor

Goldsmith Romero is also a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the nation’s financial derivatives regulator.

14.06.2024 6

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Banks are redesigning branches to remind you of anything but banks

It seemed like the fate of the bank branch was sealed when the technological gains during the pandemic made it possible to buy a home or car without...

10.06.2024 20

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Abrupt bankruptcy of financial middleman Synapse freezes bank accounts of tens of thousands of U.S. businesses and consumers

Synapse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April and has shut down its services to some of its fintech or bank partners, including Evolve...

23.05.2024 70

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Mastercard says it expects new AI software to find compromised credit and debit cards quicker

Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence into its fraud-prediction technology.

22.05.2024 30

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Joe Biden's plan to slash $14 billion in credit-card late fees is halted by a federal judge in Texas

The new regulations that were proposed by CFPB would have set a ceiling of $8 for most credit card late fees, which average about $32 now.

11.05.2024 60

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Jamie Dimon calls on America to unite amid ‘great crises’ to protect ‘essential freedoms, including free enterprise’

The comments came in the JPMorgan Chase CEO's annual shareholder letter, where he often weighs in on broad topics.

08.04.2024 70

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Biden’s CFPB cracks down on credit card late fees, caps them at $8

The rule would bring the average credit card late fee down from $32. The bureau estimates banks brought in roughly $14 billion in credit card late...

05.03.2024 5

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Capital One's deal to buy Discover for $35bn 'will shrink the marketplace a little more now', credit card analyst says

The deal marries two of the largest credit card companies that aren't banks first, like JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.

20.02.2024 9

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Biden administration eases Wells Fargo oversight, saying bank has sufficiently fixed its toxic culture after years of scandals

The news sent Wells Fargo's stock up sharply as investors speculated that the bank, which has been kept under a tight leash by regulators for years,...

16.02.2024 20

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First National Bank caught ignoring Black, Latino neighborhoods in North Carolina as redlining mortgage scandal grows

This is the 13th redlining settlement that the Biden Administration has brought against banks since 2021.

06.02.2024 20

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That bank charge from a transaction getting declined in real time is another 'junk fee,' Biden's CFPB claims

“Banks should be competing to provide better products at lower costs, not innovating to impose extra fees for no value,” said CFPB Director Rohit...

25.01.2024 30

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Overdraft fees could go as low as $3 under rule change proposes by Biden's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

"Banks call it a service — I call it exploitation," President Joe Biden said in a statement.

17.01.2024 40

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Bank overdraft fees could drop to $3 under new Biden proposal: ‘Banks call it a service—I call it exploitation’

The change could potentially eliminate billions of dollars in fee revenue for the nation’s biggest banks, which were gearing up for a battle even...

17.01.2024 50

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'We are not where we need to be': Boeing vows to step up quality inspections on 737 Max planes after door panel blowout

Top exec Stan Deal vows "hard look at our quality practices in our factories and across our production system" in email to employees.

16.01.2024 10

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Wall Street's biggest rivals unite to slap down Biden's proposed changes to how banks are regulated

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, Bank of America's Brian Moynihan, Jane Fraser of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon all argued against a number of...

07.12.2023 10

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