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FDIC advises banks to exercise caution with agricultural loans

01/28/20

To guard against headwinds in the agricultural sector, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recommended that institutions consider the “overall financial status” of farm loan borrowers.

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Damage report: Popular’s running toll of natural disasters

01/28/20

The largest bank in Puerto Rico said hundreds of millions of dollars of its mortgages and consumer loans are tied to the parts of the island hit by the recent quake or still recovering from two hurricanes.

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3 questions as OCC chief gets set to defend CRA plan in House

01/28/20

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting upset some House Democrats when he was a no-show at a previous oversight hearing. They will now get a chance to question him about the future of the Community Reinvestment Act.

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Online lenders confront deepfake threat

01/28/20

Some fraudsters pose as loan applicants and submit doctored video or photos of property and assets to scam lenders they won't see in person. Firms like Elevate Funding and Credibly are fighting back.

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Coup for community banks could spell disaster for industry

01/28/20

The recent Dodd-Frank rollbacks for smaller banks could encourage risk-taking that leads to a systemic issue.

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Fed, OCC to propose easing Volcker rule; Visa's fintech interest

01/28/20

The regulators plan to drop the 3% limit on bank investments in venture capital funds; Visa invests in another fintech startup.

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5 policy hurdles thwarting federal regulators’ fintech ambitions

01/27/20

An outside paper identifies the statutes, regulations and other bureaucratic realities complicating the banking agencies’ efforts to oversee and benefit from rapidly changing technology.

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BNY Mellon’s early adoption of real-time payments paying dividends

01/27/20

The bank was one of the first users of The Clearing House's RTP network. Andrew Haskell explains how faster payments are helping the bank and its clients.

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Sterling in N.Y. taps insider as its new bank president

01/27/20

Luis Massiani has been the company's chief financial officer since 2012.

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Banks find a cheat code to catch up on digital: Merging

01/27/20

CenterState and South State are the latest regionals to announce a deal driven heavily by the need to compete with larger banks that can afford to spend more on cutting-edge technologies.

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