Unbanked minorities offer banks a strategic way to cash in. Plus, a look at which households have the most unbanked residents.
The Fed's 21-cent cap on debit card swipe fees is good news for banks, who were expecting less, and bad news for consumers, who were left wanting more.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that banks can only charge retailers 21 cents each time they swipe a debit card.
Bank of America and its Countrywide unit will pay $8.5 billion to settle claims that the lenders sold poor-quality mortgage-backed securities that went sour when the housing market collapsed.
Wells Fargo is bringing struggling homeowners face to face with an army of loan servicers who intend to keep them out of foreclosure.
Forget parents: Young Americans are feeling spiteful toward the recession, and financial institutions of all types.
Citigroup has confirmed that about $2.7 million was stolen from 3,400 customers in May following a major data breach.
Online and mobile banking are putting a dent in bank branches’ business, and banks both big and small are responding by closing many physical locations.






