Banking and Finance

Consumer confidence fell for the fifth consecutive week as attitudes toward the economy dimmed and moods soured at both ends of the income scale, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. Bloomberg reported that the Index dropped …

PayPal said today that it has loaned $500 million to small businesses since its launch of Working Capital a year and a half ago, VentureBeat reported. The company says that it issues $2 million a day in …

Southeast Polk High School has been selected to receive a $1,000 award from the Iowa Bankers Association for its participation in Project Financial Literacy. The program is designed to promote financial literacy education by providing …

The U.S. mortgage delinquency rate fell in the first quarter to the lowest level in almost eight years, Bloomberg reported. Loans that were at least 30 days late dropped to 5.5 percent in the first quarter from …

Wells Fargo & Co. has donated $100,000 to Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Priority Markets Program. On Friday, Wells Fargo team member volunteers will join Habitat to celebrate …

Twelve Iowa banks received Best of Iowa awards from the Iowa Bankers Association. The awards recognize excellence in community relations and bank marketing, including efforts to promote branding, deposits, loans, customer service and staff programs, …

John Deere was honored by United Way Worldwide on Thursday as one of two companies recognized for their strategies to engage employees in volunteering and donating to United Way-related initiatives. At the United Way Community …