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Calif. sues JPMorgan Chase over debt collection

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general sued one of the nation’s largest banks Thursday, alleging that JPMorgan Chase & Co. used illegal tactics in its efforts to collect debts from more than 100,000 credit […]

2013/05/09

US consumers keep spending despite higher taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security tax increase. Which raised a worrisome question: Would consumers stop spending?

2013/04/29

Chastened banks cuts tens of thousands of jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Banks aren’t the big jobs machines they used to be. One after another, major financial firms are trimming their payrolls. At a time when many banks are reporting higher or even record earnings, the cuts are unsettling to an entire industry.

2013/04/25

US banks to send checks to 4.2M who lost homes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest banks will begin sending payments this week to millions of Americans who may have been wrongfully foreclosed on during the housing crisis.

2013/04/09

BofA Short Sale department phone number

For listeners who want more information about Bank of America’s “Short Sale” department as mentioned on today’s Money 101 broadcast, the number is (866) 880-1232.

2013/03/13

Brett King on Business Rockstars

Today on Business Rockstars, Ken Rutkowski talks with a bestselling author and American Banker’s Innovator of the Year for 2012, Brett King. The founder of the direct mobile bank Moven, he is an International Judge for the GSMA Global Mobile Awards, the Asian Banker Retail Excellence Awards and the Middle-East Business Achievement Awards.

2013/03/08

Snapshots of Sandy: Group restores victims’ photos

NEW YORK (AP) — Of all the images of Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, the ones that linger for Florence Catania are the torn, stained pictures that hung on her walls.

2013/02/04

Distressed homeowner help

As discussed on Money 101 with Bob McCormick today, the program that aids distressed homeowners ends this Friday, January 18. Here are some of the highlights discussed on the show: Where to get help for […]

2013/01/16

CNN’s Ali Velshi sheds light on bank foreclosure payback

U.S. banks have taken another step to clear away the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and seven other banks have agreed to pay $8.5 billion to homeowners who were wrongfully thrown out of their homes.

2013/01/08