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Backed by banks, Tester wins narrow victory to keep Senate seat

11/07/18

Tester is the only Democratic supporter of the recent regulatory relief package sitting on the Banking Committee to win re-election this fall.

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Siding with landlords and lenders, Calif. voters reject expanded rent control

11/07/18

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents three-to-one to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws.

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Fintechs interested in OCC charter despite lawsuits: Otting

11/07/18

The head of the agency developing the special-purpose federal license said the process is moving forward “independent” of legal challenges mounted by state regulators.

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Purge of moderate Dems will haunt financial industry

11/07/18

The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections.

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Colorado voters approve 36% interest cap on payday loans

11/07/18

The passage of Proposition 111, which also prohibits lenders from adding origination and monthly maintenance fees, makes Colorado the fifth state to impose caps on payday loans through a voter referendum.

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'Commercial banks wasted a lot of money on this election'

11/07/18

With the midterms finally over, we discuss how the results will affect regulatory and legislative policy for financial institutions going forward — as well as how they'll affect the 2020 race.

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JPMorgan backs fintech seeking to disrupt trillion-dollar market

11/07/18

One of the world's biggest banks wants to boost profits by cutting out voice brokers acting as middlemen in the largest derivatives market.

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Small banks join forces to address fintech challenges

11/07/18

The consortium is starting out with a dozen banks and could have 50 within a year.

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Politics vs. innovation: How the midterms changed fintech

11/07/18

The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.

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Divided Congress = gridlock for financial services policy

11/07/18

The midterm elections virtually eliminate the chance that progress will be made on financial services legislation.

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