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How HSBC's Diane Reyes is staying a step ahead of fintechs

09/30/18

Facial recognition technology and a person-to-person payments app are just two innovations that have sprung from a workplace that fosters creative thinking and welcomes ideas from across the organization.

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'You're either growing or you're dying': The struggle against rural blight

09/30/18

Small towns across the country struggle with vacant housing as much as cities, even though some of those places have plenty of jobs. Geography and a declining population are forcing many rural communities to make hard choices.

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'It is an issue for all of us': Dissent spreads at CFPB over top aide's writings

09/30/18

A growing chorus of CFPB employees are arguing that Eric Blankenstein, policy director of supervision, enforcement and fair lending at the CFPB, cannot be trusted to do his job fairly given his past blog posts.

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LendingClub resolves two federal probes involving its former CEO

09/29/18

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settlements Friday related to alleged misconduct that occurred during Renaud Laplanche’s tenure atop the online lender.

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SEC fines former Ocwen exec for insider trading before CFPB, PHH news

09/28/18

A former Ocwen Financial executive is settling Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he engaged in insider trading related to his company's dealings with Altisource Portfolio Solutions following a CFPB enforcement action and its upcoming merger with PHH Corp.

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Top CFPB official yanks support for political appointee over past writings

09/28/18

The head of the agency’s fair-lending office cast doubt on a proposed reorganization of her office and raised concerns about blog posts written years ago by the political appointee overseeing the project.

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Smaller banks, robo-advisers join forces against brokerages

09/28/18

Copying big banks, smaller institutions are pairing with robos to meet changing mass-affluent preferences in long-term investment products.

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Most Powerful Women in Banking, tellers reimagined, growing deposits: Top stories of the week

09/28/18

Our 16th annual Most Powerful Women in Banking rankings; why Regions did away with teller jobs; small banks lagging in deposit share; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Former LendingClub CEO fined for misusing investor funds

09/28/18

Renaud Laplanche agreed to pay $200,000 and accept a ban from the securities industry to settle a long-running SEC probe. A LendingClub subsidiary and the firm's former CFO, Carrie Dolan, were also fined.

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Are banks trying hard enough to diversify leadership?

09/28/18

Perseverance and commitment are two requirements to get more minority bankers into senior leadership positions.

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