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Regions separates chairman and CEO roles

12/12/18

The Alabama bank has named former power company executive Charles McCrary chairman instead of giving the job to new CEO John Turner.

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Piling on: Democratic lawmakers join chorus of CECL critics

12/12/18

Brad Sherman of California and Gregory Meeks of New York are worried the proposed accounting standard for recording loan losses will reduce access to credit for small businesses and low- and moderate-income communities.

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‘This is not a big boys club’: FINOS seeks to open up open source

12/12/18

A new unit of the nonprofit tech-development foundation is getting banks of all sizes to work together on cutting-edge software projects that could benefit the entire industry.

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Financing challenges of the smallest of small businesses

12/12/18

Owners of firms that employ only themselves would prefer to use loans or lines of credit, but more often than not they resort to credit cards, according to a new Fed report. Is this a missed opportunity for banks?

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Group applies with FDIC to open bank in New Hampshire

12/12/18

Millyard Bank aims to become the state's second post-crisis de novo. Primary Bank opened in 2015.

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U.S. says Puerto Rican gangsters killed Doral banker in 2011

12/12/18

U.S. prosecutors have accused four alleged Puerto Rican drug traffickers with the murder of banker Maurice Spagnoletti, seven years after he was gunned down on a San Juan highway as he drove home from work.

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CRA strife, fintech charter, updating AML: Inside Otting's first year

12/12/18

More acquainted with the quick decision-making style of the banking world, the comptroller of the currency found a policymaking environment in D.C. that moves at a slower pace.

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It's official: White House taps Calabria as head of FHFA

12/12/18

The White House confirmed that it plans to nominate Mark Calabria as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

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OCC sees sharp drop in mortgages serviced by large banks

12/12/18

An agency report said servicing portfolios have shrunk by nearly half in 10 years as much of the mortgage market has shifted to nonbanks.

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7 (realistic) predictions about fintech in 2019

12/12/18

Even the best technologies take time, making it necessary to rein in expectations about what will happen and won't happen in the coming year.

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