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'What will the next idiocy be?': Comments of the year

12/28/18

Readers this year responded to Mick Mulvaney's leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the banking industry's role in the national gun debate, Rep. Maxine Water's upcoming leadership of the Financial Services Committee, the influence of tech companies like Facebook and Amazon on financial services and much more.

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Amazon, Google at odds with big banks over Fed's role in faster payments

12/17/18

The tech giants, along with Apple, PayPal and others, are calling on the Federal Reserve to build a backbone for real-time payments, rejecting large banks’ claims that the task is best left to the private sector.

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A shakeout is coming in small-business lending

11/27/18

As the economy softens, traditional banks have an opportunity to win back market share from fintech competitors.

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Amazon data glitch could hinder plans for point of sale

11/21/18

There's never a good time to expose customer data, but the incident Amazon disclosed Wednesday could upend two major events: Black Friday/Cyber Monday and a reported effort to get merchants to accept Amazon at the point of sale.

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Will new Amazon HQs be a boon for local banks?

11/14/18

Tepid loan and deposit growth has been a persistent theme in 2018, but that could soon change for community and regional banks in the New York and Washington markets.

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Can an exec from Amazon reboot Simple?

11/14/18

The online-only bank hopes new leadership can help it overcome its rocky past three years.

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PNC to debut entirely digital small-business loans

10/22/18

The $380-billion asset company will soon join the parade of big banks and tech companies that are migrating online to meet the demands of business owners.

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Here’s why Google, Amazon aren’t a threat to small banks

10/15/18

The tech giants might be moving into small-business lending, but they’re more likely to take business away from large commercial lenders, not community institutions.

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What BofA has learned from its Erica rollout

10/11/18

Know how many different ways customers can ask a virtual assistant to move money between accounts? The answer is one of Bank of America’s takeaways from a lot of trial and error this year in launching voice-activated services.

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The way to Amazon- and Apple-style loyalty? Reinvent the branch

10/10/18

A reimagined local experience is the best way banks can forge emotional connections with their consumers, industry experts say.

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