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Mortgage fintech expands industry reach with three hires

05/31/18

Promontory MortgagePath fills management roles for bank relations, technology and outsourced services opportunities.

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Banks shunning mortgages? Citizens' deal proves otherwise

05/31/18

As other banks de-emphasize mortgage lending, Citizens is spending half a billion dollars to buy a large originator with a big servicing portfolio.

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Four de novo organizers settle on their banks' names

05/31/18

A group in North Carolina has finally gone public with its brand, and three other de novos have already been rebranded.

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Sloan addresses Wells Fargo's AML snafu, but big questions remain

05/31/18

Speaking at an industry conference Thursday, Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan left open the possibility that employees intentionally falsified important regulatory documents.

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How Nandita Bakhshi is transforming Bank of the West

05/31/18

Bakhshi, CEO of the bank since 2016, shares how she's improving customer journeys, making the bank a better place to work, and creating a culture of innovation. 

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Has Amex found a data gold mine with its rewards blockchain?

05/31/18

The credit card issuer has built a distributed ledger through which merchants create their own membership rewards and get access to detailed information on purchases and the success of promotions.

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Deutsche Bank said to be added to Fed, FDIC lists of problem banks

05/31/18

Deutsche Bank's U.S. business was put on a Federal Reserve list of problem banks and added to a group of troubled lenders monitored by the FDIC, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Capital vs. liquidity: Why the debate comes up short

05/31/18

There’s renewed focus on the relative importance that capital and liquidity should play in regulation, but the discussion misses another measure that should rank higher in bank evaluations.

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Bittrex gets bank agreement to help you buy bitcoin with dollars

05/31/18

Bittrex, a Seattle cryptocurrency exchange that lets users swap nearly 200 different digital coins, said it forged banking agreements that will allow some customers to trade in U.S. dollars.

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Fed unveils Volcker 2.0; Santander Consumer may lose a big client

05/31/18

Proposal would simplify the rule prohibiting proprietary trading; Fiat Chrysler, which accounts for about a third of the unit’s business, may go solo.

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