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Will housing issues be a focus of 2020 race?

05/22/19

At a time when costs continue to soar and regulators weigh reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, more than half of the Democratic presidential candidates have talked about housing on the campaign trail.

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Top trade group exec defects from ICBA to CUNA

05/22/19

Chris Lorence, a former marketing official at the Independent Community Bankers of America, is the Credit Union National Association's latest recruit from other financial services trade groups in recent years.

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FDIC, payday lenders agree to settle Choke Point lawsuit

05/22/19

As part of the deal, the agency summarized its policy on account terminations and issued a letter acknowledging that some employees “acted in a manner inconsistent with FDIC policies with respect to payday lenders.”

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Judge rejects Trump effort to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas

05/22/19

The House Financial Services and Intelligence panels had "legitimate legislative purpose" in requesting President Trump's financial records, the judge said. It is the second such ruling this week.

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Emphasizing the private at Boston Private

05/22/19

Anthony DeChellis’ strategy for staying relevant in a competitive metro market is a little odd — rebuild the private banking business his predecessor shrank — but observers say he might be the executive who can pull it off.

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Challenger bank N26 ordered to bolster money laundering safeguards

05/22/19

The measures are likely to raise security costs for the German smartphone bank backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-shing.

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Republican Senate bill would delay CECL until further study

05/22/19

The effort to delay CECL comes a week after a House panel mounted a bipartisan attack on the new FASB standard.

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Early adopter: Clearing House real-time payments lands first small bank

05/22/19

Avidia Bank joins the network even as other community banks call on the Fed to create its own real-time payment service to compete.

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PDL Community in New York to buy mortgage lender

05/22/19

The parent of Ponce Bank has agreed to acquire Mortgage World Bankers.

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Inside the Apple Card: Mastercard’s ‘digital first, physical optional’ platform

05/22/19

The Apple Card takes a more aggressively digital approach to credit card relationships than most other products on the market — but the technology behind it isn’t exclusive to Apple.

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