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Refining supervision is as vital as tweaking post-crisis rules: Quarles

09/27/19

The Fed’s top regulatory official said how agencies adjust their supervisory approach may prove just as important as their rulemaking efforts.

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What Charles Scharf’s Visa years say about his plan for payments at Wells

09/27/19

In the payments world, Scharf is best known as the CEO of Visa Inc. from 2012 to 2016, where his strategies for faster payments, fintech partnerships and other key issues may shed light on what Scharf has planned when he becomes CEO of Wells Fargo.

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Senates vote gives the SBA's 7(a) program a last-minute reprieve

09/27/19

Caught in the middle of a credit-subsidy debate, the program would have shut down on Tuesday without congressional action.

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Longtime CenterState executive to retire

09/27/19

Ernest Pinner, who co-founded the Florida company in 1999, will become non-executive chairman in January.

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First Federal parent announces merger with Cincinnati mutual

09/27/19

Warsaw Federal will keep its name and charter after joining First Mutual Holding in Lakewood, Ohio.

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FedNow payments system would be a real-time disaster

09/27/19

Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., explains why he’s introduced legislation requiring greater transparency over the Federal Reserve’s incoming payment system.

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Are Trump’s Fed tweets working?; repo turmoil may be here to stay

09/27/19

A research paper says the president’s constant criticisms are driving Fed policy, directly or indirectly; the huge demand by banks for cash may be the result of tougher regulations.

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Will NCUA’s bank-purchase reg meet bankers' demand for 'guardrails'?

09/27/19

The regulator has pledged to put forth a rule on credit union-bank purchases before the end of the year. It's likely to lead to another clash with bankers.

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Wells Fargo names BNY Mellon’s Charles Scharf CEO to lead turnaround

09/27/19

Scharf next month will become the fourth leader at Wells Fargo in three years. Meanwhile, Bank of New York Mellon has named Thomas P. "Todd" Gibbons as acting chief executive.

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'Another hysterical voice of doom': Comments of the week

09/26/19

Readers sound off on climate change, the Federal Reserve's incoming real-time payments system, praise efforts for gender pay equity and more.

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