By Victoria Finkle American Banker | March 29, 2012 Regions Financial (RF) has finished rolling out a suite of alternative financial services, including check cashing, money transfer and expedited bill pay services, along with a prepaid card. The progr... »
As read on MyBankTracker.com After a phased rollout, Regions Bank (NYSE: RF) now touts financial services — prepaid cards, check-cashing and Western Union services — to unbanked and underbanked customers throughout its 16-state footprint. “Since introd... »
As read on BankDirector.com By: T. Stephen Johnson March 23rd, 2012 I have two grown children, 25 and 28 years old, who have checking accounts, but have never been in a bank office. Yet, despite all the evidence that branch usage is in decline over th... »
Chexar reaching underbanked customers Atlanta Business Chronicle by Doug DeLoach, Contributing Writer Date: Friday, February 10, 2012, 6:00am EST It can be difficult sometimes identifying which came first, the development of a technology that fits a ni... »
I love December. Christmas. Good tidings to you and all of your friends. And, for the second year in a row, the Consumer Desperation Index falls. It does my heart good to see less fraud going on, as far a check cashing goes, during the holidays. Pe... »
Christian Science Monitor | 06 Jan 2012 | 09:51 AM ET As read on CNBC. They are 30 million consumers, representing a quarter of U.S. households, who earn a collective $1.3 trillion a year. But banks don’t want to serve them, because they lose money. An... »
Fee-based services like check cashing offered to those without accounts. J. Scott Trubey – Staff, Atlanta Journal Constitution Regions Bank, the sixth-largest bank in metro Atlanta, is pursuing revenue from services long ceded to Walmart and the so-cal... »
The Consumer Desperation Index increased in November to 110, and is up 7 points from a year ago. This trend is not good. This is the first time in seven months that the index was HIGHER than last year at the same time. The constant creep up is somewh... »
Bank seeing early returns from program aiming at unbanked, underbanked Published December 19, 2011 by Geert De Lombaerde Looking to make inroads with people who have long eschewed traditional banking services, Regions Bank has brought to market a line ... »
For immediate release, Oct. 31, 2011 Office of Communications (404) 651-7774 Banking services provider expanding Georgia operations, investing $1.9 million Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Chexar Networks, Inc., a leading provider of financial ris... »
