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Oklahoma bank widening reach with acquisition

08/07/18

N.B.C. Bancshares' deal for Bank of Cushing will give it two branches an hour outside of Tulsa.

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What funding bubble? Banks, VC firms pour more money into fintechs

08/07/18

The skeptics keep waiting for investment in financial startups to dry up, but it doubled in the first half of 2018. KPMG's Safwan Zaheer explains why.

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OnDeck reports record profit in 2Q, eyes second bank partnership

08/07/18

The online small-business lender was aided by loan growth, wider margins and stable credit trends. Its shares surged by 25% after second-quarter earnings were announced.

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De novo applicants lean on each other to get through tough process

08/07/18

Bank organizers are picking one another's brains about hiring decisions, applications and raising capital as part of the monthslong effort to secure charters.

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Facebook loses Italy’s biggest bank as a friend

08/07/18

UniCredit SpA stopped using Facebook Inc. for advertising, alleging the media giant hasn’t acted ethically, a move other large companies have also threatened to make.

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What's missing from the OCC's fintech charter

08/07/18

The agency’s decision to offer special-purpose charters for fintech companies raises questions about how those institutions will be overseen and the risks they could pose to the system.

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Facebook wants banks to share data; Zillow gets into mortgages

08/07/18

But data privacy is likely to deter banks from partnering with the social media company; the online listings company wants to "reshape" the market.

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BofA faces backlash over questions about customers' citizenship

08/06/18

The bank's predicament suggests that the Trump administration's hard-line stance on immigration can cause headaches for financial institutions.

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HSBC customer was on U.S. list of suspected weapons traffickers

08/06/18

The unnamed customer, who was on a list of suspects involved with weapons of mass destruction, used an HSBC credit card to make 12 payments in the second quarter, the company told shareholders Monday.

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Banks won't 'like' this offer from Facebook

08/06/18

Facebook is seeking customer data from big banks. Executives say it's not clear what the benefit would be, but the drawbacks are easy to tally.

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