Despite limiting branch access and embracing social distancing, member-facing employees at some institutions have contracted COVID-19, and those few could be the tip of the iceberg.
Credit card chargebacks were rising in certain categories prior to the coronavirus outbreak, but the pandemic is causing a spike in all types of payment card disputes.
As the market deals with the short-term challenge of getting trillions of dollars of relief and stimulus payments into the hands of citizens in the coming weeks and months, we as a country have a unique opportunity to put our unbanked and underbanked citizens on a long-term path to electronic payment methods, says FIS' Jim Johnson.
Consumers and businesses put more money in the bank as the pandemic worsened. How long the funds remain will depend on how quickly the economy recovers.
The downgrade brings Fitch into alignment with Moody's and S&P, and the negative outlook leaves Illinois without any rating room above speculative grade.
The plan first announced in February to update the deposit insurance sign and logo at bank teller stations and ATMs became just the latest regulatory effort slowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The nation's largest bank is temporarily reducing its exposure to the mortgage market amid rising unemployment and estimates that home prices could drop by 10%.
Major changes are required in client services, delivery models, staffing practices and management.
Their governors are pressing the Trump administration to support more relief that directly addresses revenue blows
Payments unicorn Stripe contends it has the financial power to apply its technology to coronavirus medical care, remote telework, business funding, and easier onboarding for companies that have been suddenly thrust into an internet existence.