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Mastercard says men earn more than women for equal performance

02/13/18

Women who work at Mastercard Inc. earn 99.1 cents for every dollar men make for “equal performance at the same level,” according to a report the company released Monday.

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Bill to address Madden ruling would be nightmare for consumers

02/13/18

Lawmakers should reject a dangerous bill — scheduled for a House vote this week — that could make it easier for payday lenders to flourish.

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Online lending startup targets middle-market companies

02/13/18

Neptune Financial plans to use technology to improve the efficiency in making loans to companies with $10 million to $100 million in annual revenue.

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CFPB may get remake; Charges threaten Barclays license

02/13/18

Budget proposal would slice agency’s spending while limiting its enforcement activities; the bank could lose its U.K. banking license if it fails to refute fraud charges.

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Data-sharing spec revised to encourage open banking

02/13/18

FS-ISAC hopes banks and data aggregators will adopt the updated standard for sharing customer account data.

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Ky. bank restates earnings after plan to thwart activist investor backfires

02/13/18

HopFed was ordered to pay the legal fees for Stilwell Group, which sued the bank after its directors passed a bylaw intended to keep the investor off its board.

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CFPB embraces free-market approach in new strategic plan

02/13/18

Continuing to pull back the reins on the aggressive approach taken under former Director Richard Cordray, the agency's new five-year plan values consumer choice over heavy-handed enforcement.

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JPMorgan: Cryptocurrencies 'could potentially have a role' in investor portfolios

02/13/18

In what could be seen as a mea culpa for CEO Jamie Dimon's disparagement of bitcoin five months ago, the Wall Street megabank has released a big and relatively bullish report on cryptocurrencies.

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Citi, SunTrust provide a road map to real-time payments

02/12/18

Early adopters of The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments network have built gateways and accelerated fraud detection systems.

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How Trump’s budget affects CFPB, GSE fees, other bank priorities

02/12/18

The Trump administration’s 2019 budget highlights the administration’s goal of reining in the post-crisis regulatory apparatus, with proposed cuts for several agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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