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SunTrust glitch takes down online, mobile service

09/17/18

The bank chalked up its outage to "a normal system upgrade that experienced technical difficulty."

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Where the magic happens

09/17/18

Loan officers whose habits are attuned to the refi market need to improve their relationship game to make it in this business, NBKC Bank's Dan Stevens told attendees at Digital Mortgage 2018.

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What happens to banking policy if Dems win both chambers of Congress?

09/17/18

The tightening of Senate races in Republican strongholds has raised the prospects of Democrats having even more influence on regulatory appointments and the legislative agenda.

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Goldman Sachs names Carey Halio head of its banking unit

09/17/18

Halio has served as chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs Bank USA for the past four years, and she previously worked in the company’s credit risk division

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'It has to be more than a digital mortgage': Anthony Hsieh

09/17/18

Customers are increasingly demanding that their mortgage providers provide more than loans; they want help finding a realtor and handling all the pieces of the mortgage process, said Anthony Hsieh, CEO of Loan Depot, during the opening keynote at Digital Mortgage.

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A slow economy gave regionals chance to catch up on tech

09/17/18

A sluggish business climate and few M&A opportunities freed up midsize banks to invest in better tech systems and services, says Regions Chairman Grayson Hall.

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How this regulator is using AI to probe financial fraud

09/17/18

The U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office employs software that can read discovery documents about 2,000 times faster than human lawyers and can find previously unknown patterns between people, enabling quicker investigations and penalties.

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There’s no room for REITs, captive insurers at Home Loan Banks

09/17/18

A former Federal Home Loan bank president argues that the system should limit its exposure to risky nonbanks.

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Banks and Thrifts with the Most Deposits

09/17/18

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Lake a contender at JPM; U.S. probes Danish bank

09/17/18

Marianne Lake could be JPM’s eventual choice to succeed Dimon; three agencies investigating money laundering allegations against Danske Bank.

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