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Wells Fargo's dividend yield nears decade high for Big Six bank

04/17/19

Wells Fargo is once again flirting with something that no major U.S. bank has done in a decade: have a dividend yield north of 4%. Don't expect a celebration.

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With stress tests, less is more

04/17/19

The Fed is stepping up transparency around its process for testing bank resiliency in a hypothetical crisis, but additional improvements are needed.

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Commercial, mortgage, card lending rise at U.S. Bancorp

04/17/19

The Minneapolis bank reported mid- to high-single-digit improvement in those categories, but total loan growth was curbed by declines in CRE and other credit types.

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Bank earnings underwhelm; ING eyes Commerzbank

04/17/19

Retail stars in bank earnings season as investment banking and capital markets sag; Dutch bank may be waiting in the wings if Deutsche can't close the deal.

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Banks turn to a former rival to jump-start digital platforms

04/16/19

TD and several other banks are licensing credit underwriting and fraud prevention technology from the fintech Avant to get their digital-lending products to market faster.

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Small businesses turning far more often to online lenders: Fed

04/16/19

The findings of a new survey suggest that banks risk becoming irrelevant unless they match the speedier processes that are a key selling point for online lenders.

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Jesse Jackson wants banks to take a stand on how fines are used

04/16/19

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is pushing a proposal that the billions banks have paid in fines be given to Americans who lost homes or suffered in other ways during the financial crisis.

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First Horizon, Pinnacle boost hiring in wake of BB&T-SunTrust deal

04/16/19

Executives at the Tennessee banks are using the biggest bank merger in a decade to aggressively recruit lenders and clients in Southeastern markets.

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FDIC board backs reg relief proposals for foreign banks, living wills

04/16/19

Following the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC signed off on proposed measures to ease resolution planning requirements and tailor supervisory standards for foreign banking companies operating in the U.S.

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Banks, credit unions trade blows in court on field of membership

04/16/19

While NCUA lawyers fielded questions about the possibility of redlining, a three-judge appeals panel showed skepticism about other elements of the ABA's arguments against changes to credit union membership rules

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