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Ambassador at center of impeachment probe has deep roots in lending

10/18/19

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is often described as a hotelier from the Pacific Northwest. But he has also had a long and sometimes controversial career in finance.

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U.S. Bank launches bill-pay platform to support faster payments, chatbots

10/18/19

U.S. Bank wants to disrupt the way consumers pay their bills by offering billers a new platform fit for faster payment rails, new messaging formats and digital assistants.

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U.S. Bank hires real-time payments expert Peter Gordon

10/18/19

U.S. Bank has hired payments veteran Peter Gordon to fill a new post as head of emerging payments product and strategy, tapping his years of experience developing real-time payments technology.

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Sterling in Michigan selects next CEO

10/18/19

Tom Lopp will succeed Gary Judd at the end of November.

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Don’t mess with rules curbing derivatives risk

10/18/19

A regulatory proposal to ease the initial margin buffer on certain derivatives trading could be harmful to the economy.

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Earnings season wraps up; Financial risks from climate change

10/18/19

The big five banks had divergent results; San Francisco Fed publishes 18 papers on the dangers posed to businesses and communities by climate change.

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Bank, fintech team up to offer no-cost early wage access

10/18/19

The service from Evolve Bank & Trust and Branch lets workers access a piece of their next paycheck to meet unexpected expenses.

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'Enough of this nonsense': Comments of the week

10/17/19

Readers cast doubts on regulatory attempts to jointly revamp the Community Reinvestment Act, react to Democrats berating the CFPB head, an upcoming House hearing with Facebook's CEO and more.

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How long can banks lean on C&I?

10/17/19

Commercial lending provided a boost for some regional banks in the third quarter, but further rate cuts and a slowing economy could challenge future growth.

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Third-party glitch disrupts services of two popular challenger banks

10/17/19

The payment processor Galileo suffered what it described as an "operational incident" that caused more than 24 hours of outages at the fintechs Chime and Varo Money.

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