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Preferred Bank to take 1Q hit on foreclosed Manhattan condos

04/01/19

The Los Angeles bank will take a $1.4 million hit to earnings after the multifamily properties sold for less than their book value.

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CEO of failed credit union says examiner past helped fuel fraud

04/01/19

Edward Rostohar was arrested after his wife informed authorities he stole from CBS Employees Federal Credit Union and was preparing to flee the country.

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Banks and Thrifts with the Most Deposits

04/01/19

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Banks and Thrifts with the Most Assets

04/01/19

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Look forward, not backward to fix FDIC's flawed brokered deposit rules

04/01/19

Current rules developed in the early 1990s were driven more by politics than facts.

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Citi consumer unit stumbles; SOFR surge could be a bad sign

04/01/19

The flagship division is on course to miss next year’s financial projections; Investors may be using SOFR swaps as a hedge against expected volatility.

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Lenders without border walls

03/31/19

Some fintechs have figured out how to provide international students and immigrants with credit cards and loans. Machine learning makes the underwriting possible.

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Post-crisis organizers find a whole new de novo ballgame

03/31/19

While regulators now seem eager to help, organizers are discovering that they must raise more capital and have diverse business models to get charters approved.

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John Mack, Mary Meeker leaving LendingClub board

03/29/19

The San Francisco-based online lender said that the departures of two prominent board members are not the result of any disagreement with the company.

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With lawyer as interim CEO, Wells Fargo looks to mend fences with regulators

03/29/19

The bank's decision to select its general counsel as successor to Tim Sloan, albeit on a temporary basis, focused attention on its frayed relationships with the Federal Reserve and the OCC.

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