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New York state is said to probe abuses in small-business lending

12/03/18

Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s office is looking into whether merchant cash-advance companies engaged in fraud or abused the state court system.

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SunTrust's AI investment fuels a future of payments by digital assistants

12/03/18

Banks are facing the potential of disruption by digital assistants from Apple, Amazon and Google — and are pouring money into machine learning to provide their own option for automating consumers' financial lives.

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Swelling corporate debt could come back to bite banks: OCC

12/03/18

The agency's semiannual report on risks in the industry focused heavily on the high volume of commercial loans as well as banks' exposure to nonfinancial corporate debt, which is near a record share of GDP.

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Latest M&A deal for digital banking firm Q2

12/03/18

The company, which helps banks develop high-tech products and services, has agreed to buy Gro Solutions after recently completing its deal for Cloud Lending.

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In a twist, bankers poaching credit union execs to fill voids

12/03/18

Credit unions have hired executives away from banks for years. Now banks are returning the favor.

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Financial firms to further increase cybersecurity spending

12/03/18

U.S. banks and other financial firms are projecting higher spending on cybersecurity as they face bigger threats and more attacks.

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Agencies push banks to use AI, other means to fight launderers

12/03/18

The federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take a bank's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures.

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Introducing Women in Banking: Next (and how to apply)

12/03/18

Recognize high-achieving women in the pipeline and celebrate diversity across the industry. Nominate a female executive under age 40 for Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next.

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How experimental tech drives TD Bank’s mobile app

12/03/18

Few firms have been able to blend predictive virtual assistants, geolocation, data analytics and other cutting-edge technology into apps like TD Bank, which has more mobile users in Canada than anyone in finance.

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Michigan credit union to buy bank branch

12/03/18

Citizens Community Bancorp is selling its Rochester Hills, Mich., office to Lake Michigan Credit Union.

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