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N.Y. bank seeks charter to serve municipalities

05/30/18

Seneca-Cayuga Bancorp wants a limited-use charter to maneuver around a New York law that bars mutuals from working with municipalities.

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Italy fears hit U.S. bank stocks; Ken Chenault’s new venture

05/30/18

The S&P 500’s financials sector drops more than 3%; former Amex chief’s venture capital firm is backing a credit scoring company.

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Bank stocks: The reg relief bump

05/29/18

Despite Tuesday's blip, many bank have seen double-digit gains in the months since the Dodd-Frank reform law was unveiled. There's good reason to think the run-up will continue.

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Independent in Mass. to gain wealth management assets from MNB deal

05/29/18

The company will also acquire three branches in Worcester County, Mass., when it buys the parent of Milford National Bank and Trust.

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CFPB looking to hop on fintech sandbox bandwagon

05/29/18

Mick Mulvaney, the agency’s acting director, suggests U.S. startups — like their U.K. counterparts — may eventually be able to test products without fear of regulatory action.

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Reg relief will fuel M&A, but long-term gains may prove elusive

05/29/18

Industry consolidation can help boost bank profitability in the short run, but it’s no panacea for the industry’s bigger problems.

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Bank of Tokyo charter switch was 'regulatory arbitrage,' Vullo says

05/29/18

The bank sought to evade the consequences of compliance failures including weak scrutiny of transactions that could be tied to North Korea, the N.Y. banking superintendent said in demanding access to communications between the bank and its new supervisor, the OCC.

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Citi flirts with reviving debit-card rewards at new online bank

05/29/18

Citigroup Inc. is considering the idea, as well as other types of rewards for checking and savings accounts, to entice customers to sign up for its fledgling online bank, which it began to roll out nationwide earlier this year.

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When M&A challenges a bank’s comfort zone (in a good way)

05/29/18

Independent Bank had no intention of expanding outside Texas until it gained a few stray branches in a neighboring state.

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Facing up to bias in facial recognition

05/29/18

The recent outcry over government use of Amazon's facial recognition software will force TD Bank, USAA and others to confront flaws in the technology that make it harder for women and minorities than white men to use mobile banking.

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