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Let’s put some perspective around the small-dollar loan debate

08/30/19

The debate over the CFPB's plan to revamp its payday lending regulation should focus on the benefits for borrowers.

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Farmers National expands near Cleveland with Maple Leaf purchase

08/30/19

Farmers will pay $40 million for the bank, which is in an affluent area in northeast Ohio.

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UBS shuffles top management; Treasury issues Libor tax guidance

08/30/19

The bank elevated three senior executives who could be possible successors to CEO Sergio Ermotti; the move to a new rate benchmark won’t trigger a “tax event.”

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'You don’t have to like the GSEs': Comments of the week

08/29/19

Readers react to jilted GSE legacy shareholders and a proposal making it harder to cite disparate impact, criticize Democrats asking the CFPB to stop its payday rule revamp and more.

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Will GSE reform get some clarity from long-awaited blueprints?

08/29/19

The mortgage industry will be looking for answers when Treasury and HUD unveil reports on housing finance reform, but the Trump administration’s plans could also raise a whole new host of questions.

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New front opens in fight over Fed's real-time payments network

08/29/19

Community banks and tech companies that are happy the central bank is building a next-generation system are not as pleased with its four- to five-year timeline. But big banks see the slow rollout as an opportunity to expand their own instant payment network.

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What do car dealers think about outside lenders?

08/29/19

A subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group placed first in a recent J.D. Power ranking of car dealer satisfaction with noncaptive auto lenders. However, that group — primarily banks and credit unions — lagged other types of auto lenders.

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Inside Berkshire's ambitious diversity campaign

08/29/19

Malia Lazu, a former community organizer, is overseeing a cultural shift at the Boston company that includes a new program designed to make more loans to minorities.

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Startup caters to millennials tired of paying in cash 'like a gangster'

08/29/19

Kristy Kim was an immigrant success story with a degree from Berkeley and a lucrative job — except her lack of credit history precluded her from getting a car loan. She started TomoCredit to help the many young folks who struggle to qualify for a credit card.

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FDIC approves Atlanta-area de novo

08/29/19

Loyal Trust Bank is the seventh proposed bank in 2019 to secure the agency's approval for deposit insurance.

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