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NetSuite angles for speed-to-market advantage over fintechs

10/02/18

With startups eating away at bank offerings, Oracle’s enterprise management platform is rolling out a new feature to streamline product development for business clients.

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Dimon on bailouts, cybersecurity, social media's crisis

10/02/18

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon downplayed "too big to fail," warned against the risk of cyberattacks and lectured high-tech giants about their privacy shortcomings during an appearance in Washington.

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Take your time, hurry up: The conflicting orders on reg relief

10/02/18

Financial regulators sought to walk a fine line Tuesday between reassuring Republican senators that they are quickly implementing regulatory relief and defending themselves against Democratic criticism that they are going too fast.

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Cybersecurity spending’s way up. Is it overkill, or not enough?

10/02/18

Banks’ tab to fight hackers rose 9% from last year by one measure. Investors want them to rein in tech investments, but security experts say the crooks are getting smarter and smarter.

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Making business analytics as easy to use as a smartphone

10/02/18

Envestnet|Yodlee wants accessing data to be as simple as selecting a song to play, while bringing institutional analytic power to the bank branch level.

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Fee-fighting app expands into savings, money management

10/02/18

Truebill, which started as a subscription management app and grew into one targeting bank fees, is now offering automated savings and financial management.

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Female payments execs endorse gender quotas on corporate boards

10/02/18

California will be the first state requiring public companies to meet gender quotas for their boards of directors, and women in the payments industry see the move as positive — with some caveats.

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Financial Services staff director to depart for trade group

10/02/18

Shannon McGahn will depart the House committee next week and will join the National Association of Realtors as senior vice president of government affairs.

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Waters bill would reverse Mulvaney's deregulatory efforts at CFPB

10/02/18

The senior Democratic lawmaker said the CFPB chief and the Trump administration "are doing everything in their power to roll back consumer protections."

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CFPB official's writings make him 'unfit' for job, agency union says

10/02/18

The head of the National Treasury Employees Union said the appointment of Eric Blankenstein to a senior role “reflects poorly on CFPB management.”

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