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BancorpSouth expanding in central Texas with bank acquisition

09/23/19

The Mississippi company will pay more than $38 million for Texas First Bancshares.

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Fannie, Freddie can keep profits; CBD firm seeks national bank

09/23/19

Building capital will help the mortgage agencies move toward the private sector; Virtual Wellness needs to assure banks it's safe to do business with them.

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Bank of America's Cathy Bessant: The Most Powerful Woman in Banking

09/22/19

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America's chief operations officer and American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking, has undertaken major initiatives outside her institution, including a focus on responsible AI.

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Citigroup's Mary McNiff: The No. 1 Woman to Watch

09/22/19

McNiff, American Banker's No. 1 Woman to Watch for 2019, was promoted to the CEO role in April following the retirement of Barbara Desoer.

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JPMorgan Chase's Mary Callahan Erdoes: The Most Powerful Woman in Finance

09/22/19

A decade into her role as head of JPMorgan Chase's asset management arm, Erdoes continues to deliver strong results for the nation's largest banking company.

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Fintech's small-business lending plan will rely on banks, credit unions

09/22/19

StreetShares, started as a peer-to-peer service for veterans, has added a platform intended to connect small financial institutions and underbanked companies.

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Beth Mooney exits, and the CEO boys' club goes on

09/21/19

How do you keep the all-male CEO club at the biggest banks intact? Let us count the ways. Could a woman be the next CEO at UBS? Maybe. At Wells Fargo? Less likely.

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CFPB investigating BofA, fintechs and fraud, Mooney to retire: Top stories of the week

09/20/19

The consumer agency is investigating Bank of America over “potentially unauthorized” accounts; why fintech rollouts are magnets for fraud; KeyCorp’s Beth Mooney to retire next year; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

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Hemp protections added to House pot banking bill

09/20/19

Protections for industrial hemp were added to a cannabis banking bill that is expected to get a full House vote next week.

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House advances bills to protect workers' credit in government shutdown

09/20/19

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill that would exclude adverse credit information for consumers impacted by a government shutdown.

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