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Under the hood of U. S. Bank’s new mobile app

03/24/19

AI-driven customer insights, mortgages and small-business loans are among the features in the app, which the bank is rolling out Monday.

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Regions AI tool helps steer cross-selling

03/24/19

The Alabama bank’s artificial intelligence system ROSIE pulls information from hundreds of data sources to help employees suggest the best new product or service to offer a customer. It’s a good example of a regional trying to balance competitive pressures and cost control.

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House likely to pass pot banking bill, but is that as far as it goes?

03/24/19

Banks and credit unions may be moving one step closer to federal legislation freeing them to serve legal pot businesses, but the path to enactment is still fraught with huge challenges.

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Michigan bank expands mortgage operations with asset purchase

03/23/19

University Bancorp gained a number of offices from Huron Valley Financial. It also hired lenders and staff with experience in reverse mortgages and wholesale lending.

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Sens. Warren, Brown call on regulators to oust Wells Fargo CEO Sloan

03/22/19

The Democrats are asking the OCC and the CFPB to use their authority to remove Tim Sloan, who became CEO in 2016.

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Pennsylvania says big banks fixed GSE bond prices

03/22/19

In the second lawsuit of its kind, more than a dozen of the world's largest banks are accused of price fixing on roughly $486 billion of bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Credit union executive calls out sexist behavior at CUNA conference

03/22/19

In a post to a social networking site, Rachel Pross, chief risk officer at an Oregon institution, described unwanted touches and inappropriate comments by male executives and directors at the event.

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Payday lenders get unexpected reprieve from CFPB rule

03/22/19

The bureau had already proposed removing the underwriting portion of the rule, but a judge in Texas has indefinitely delayed the other key component as well.

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FIS-Worldpay's impact, OCC's Wells Fargo rebuke, lifetime banker bans: Top stories of the week

03/22/19

What the FIS-Worldpay deal means for banks; behind the OCC's public rebuke of Wells Fargo; ripple effect feared as Fed mulls lifetime bans for two bankers; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Tech firms Jumio, ComplyAdvantage team up to help banks ID crooks

03/22/19

Alongside identity-document scanning and other ID verification, the two companies are offering real-time checks of lists of suspicious persons. The goal: keep money launderers out of the banking system.

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