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Congrats to HSBC's and Popular's Digital Banker of the Year finalists

06/11/18

HSBC's Mary Kate Loftus and Popular's Camille Burckhart are digital banker standouts. RBC fires U.S. CEO over an affair with his employee, amid a #MeToo attitude adjustment. And, what's the best time careerwise for women to have children?

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Innovation checklist for banks stuck in a rut

06/11/18

Chief among the tips shared at Digital Banking 2018 were: be willing to experiment, seek out partners, rethink cost-cutting and small banks should stop making excuses.

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Community Banks with the Largest Portfolios of Home Equity Loans

06/11/18

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Community Banks with the Largest Farm Loan Portfolios

06/11/18

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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HSBC says U.S. unit among 'most challenging' parts in strategy

06/11/18

Fixing HSBC's troubled U.S. division will be one of the "most challenging" parts of the lender's new $17 billion strategy, Chief Executive Officer John Flint said.

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Banks + small-dollar credit doesn't add up

06/11/18

Despite recent encouragement from the OCC, banks still struggle to make a profit on short-term loans.

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Auto lenders take on more risk; banks eschew muni bonds

06/11/18

Banks are extending maturities and making loans to riskier credits to boost volume; banks cut their muni holdings as tax rates drop.

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Losing Fiat Chrysler would threaten Santander Consumer’s independence

06/08/18

The Dallas auto lender might lose as much as one-third of its business if it severs ties with the automaker, raising fresh questions about whether its parent company will buy out shareholders and take full ownership.

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RBC fired investment banking chief over affair with staffer

06/08/18

Royal Bank of Canada fired its U.S. investment banking chief Blair Fleming because he failed to disclose that he was having an improper relationship with an employee.

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Strange bedfellows: Trump backs Warren's pot banking bill

06/08/18

In a break with his own Justice Department, President Trump suggested Friday he would sign a bill co-authored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to protect financial institutions that help legal marijuana businesses.

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