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Wells Fargo still in talks with BofA's Cathy Bessant as its options narrow

07/12/19

Other executives are being considered, too, but the list is dwindling as JPMorgan’s Gordon Smith and other big names are said to be out of the running. Meanwhile, senior Wells executives have pushed to keep interim CEO Allen Parker.

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The case for market-based CRA reform

07/12/19

Many oppose a metric-based approach, but there are ways it could actually work.

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Trump warns on Libra; Lenders retreat on farm loans

07/12/19

President says Facebook could face “full banking regulation”; big banks’ farm loan portfolios have shrunk more than 17% since 2015

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Trump plows into Libra debate as politicians face crytpo learning curve

07/12/19

As Congress and the SEC were taking steps to regulate alternative currencies, they required a deep knowledge of the cryptocurrency market and technologies. For those who put off their crypto education, Facebook's Libra is a wake-up call.

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'Let's encourage banks to join payday lenders': Comments of the week

07/11/19

Readers react to the Fed warming up to CRA reforms, criticize the Democratic presidential candidates, defend Pittsburgh as a megabank attraction and more.

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Vernon Hill’s back in New York, and the playbook looks familiar

07/11/19

A lot has changed since Hill first entered the city, but he is determined to stick with the branch-dependent strategy he relied on before his ouster from Commerce Bank a decade ago.

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Fed official hints at changes to large-bank capital buffer

07/11/19

The central bank may need to rethink how it uses a tool meant to combat elevated risk in boom times, said Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles.

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Fed working group proposes SOFR-based mortgage by 2021

07/11/19

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee promotes the adoption of a new Secured Overnight Financing Rate index rate to replace Libor in pricing hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages within the next two years. The change would be the first application of SOFR to a consumer-loan product.

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Pot banking hearing is on Crapo’s radar

07/11/19

The head of the Senate Banking Committee said the panel could examine an industry-supported cannabis banking bill "relatively soon."

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Libra takes a beating on Capitol Hill (again)

07/11/19

For the second straight day, concerns about Facebook's cryptocurrency project dominated lawmakers’ questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

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