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Mexico courts big banks; New York eyes taxi lenders

05/21/19

New president suggests less regulation and meets with bank leaders; state and city check for illegal lending activity.

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What does it take to get consumers to switch banks?

05/21/19

Only 4% of consumers changed banks last year, according to J.D. Power. Behavioral psychologist Wei Ke explains why consumers are so reluctant to move their accounts and what other banks can do to convince them to switch.

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Is it too late for Congress to stop CECL?

05/20/19

Both Democrats and Republicans devoted considerable time at a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week to lamenting how the accounting standard will hurt small lenders.

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System can withstand threat posed by leveraged lending: Powell

05/20/19

Although higher corporate debt could hurt the economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell argued changes made since the last crisis will guard against a meltdown.

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Dems seek details on allegation Deutsche Bank blocked Trump-linked SARs

05/20/19

Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., called on the bank to explain a report that the private wealth management division quashed anti-money-laundering reports prepared by compliance staff.

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North Carolina has first new bank since the financial crisis

05/20/19

American Bank & Trust opened after organizers raised more than $22.5 million.

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‘Leap of faith’: Fifth Third’s Tanner resigning to focus on social causes

05/20/19

Teresa Tanner, one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking, is stepping down as the bank’s chief administrative officer to focus on larger societal issues, such as helping women advance in the workplace and creating economic opportunities for minorities and people with disabilities.

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CFPB's assistant enforcement chief resigns: Sources

05/20/19

Kristen Donoghue had been one of the agency's few remaining senior enforcement managers hired by former Director Richard Cordray.

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States could solve beneficial ownership issue: OCC's Otting

05/20/19

Banks would be better able to comply with anti-money-laundering laws if all 50 states collected information on the owners of new corporations and published it in a national database, Comptroller Joseph Otting said Monday.

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Pricey San Francisco bank deal could motivate others to sell

05/20/19

The Bay Area is a booming market with a limited number of smaller banks. The high premium Presidio is receiving from Heritage Commerce might spark more M&A activity.

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