Get enough data points in place, and you have a trend. As bank earnings have started to roll in — thus far, from JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup — management commentary and earnings supplementals reveal a bit of a mixed picture on spending and credit...
Expedia Group said Friday (July 12) that it will launch two new co-branded credit cards designed to complement its loyalty program, One Key. The new cards — the One Key Card and the One Key+ Card — will result from the online travel platform’s new...
Banks today are caught between an ongoing digital shift and a challenging macro environment. With the release of Wells Fargo’s second quarter 2024 earnings on Friday (July 12), deftly navigating the two, as well as staying on top of compliance and risk management, was revealed...
The big banks will kick off earnings season Friday (July 12), as is the case quarter after quarter. In addition to the usual metrics that will be closely watched by investors, economists and everyone else — the loan performance, the deposits, the debit and credit...
July 22, 2024
T.S. Eliot wrote that the world would end not with a bang but a whimper. It may be the case that the unstoppable wave of consumer spending may end that way too, and not with a full-fledged slamming on the brakes — a wallop that hits merchants all at once. We may see a pulling […]
April 19, 2024
The looming specter of wire fraud has spurred lawmakers to press big banks for better defenses against bad actors — and a detailing of the impact the scams have had on consumers....
April 09, 2024
Friday marks the beginning of earnings season. And, as is always the case, every three months, the big banks will give a glimpse into the state of consumer spending and...
January 17, 2024
Labels are popular on Capitol Hill. And this week the labels are flying fast and furiously, aimed at big banks and credit unions. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) put...
July 12, 2024
Expedia Group said Friday (July 12) that it will launch two new co-branded credit cards designed to complement its loyalty program, One Key. The new cards — the One Key Card and the One Key+ Card — will result from the online travel platform’s new multiyear agreement with Wells Fargo and Mastercard, the companies said […]
July 02, 2024
A lawsuit accusing 10 banking giants of overcharging investors on corporate bonds has been resurrected. The reason, as Reuters reported Tuesday (July 2), is because the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court...
June 16, 2024
Wells Fargo and Bilt are denying reports that their co-branded credit card relationship is in trouble. The banking giant teamed with the FinTech startup in 2022 on a card that...
June 13, 2024
Wells Fargo has reportedly fired more than a dozen workers accused of faking work. These employees, all part of the banking giant’s wealth/investment management arm, were “discharged after review of...