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5 ways a government shutdown will affect mortgage lending

01/19/18

Here's a look at what will happen at five federal agencies that support the mortgage industry if the government shuts down.

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GSE reform heats up, Zelle's flaw and CFPB's struggles: Top stories of the week

01/19/18

An exclusive look at the Senate's tightly held housing finance plan drew the most interest from readers this week, while TD's foray into AI and the roller coaster at CFPB also dominated attention.

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Glitch, tweet, repeat: Modern banking’s rage cycle

01/19/18

Wells Fargo joins the list of banks recently hobbled by tech outages. Is there a better response than "Sorry for the inconvenience"?

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Regionals step on gas in retail loans as commercial lending sputters

01/19/18

Citizens Financial, Regions and SunTrust reported strong gains in consumer banking, including loans made through partnerships with retailers and fintech lenders. They want to keep it up to compensate for slack in commercial lending.

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CFPB's Mulvaney to Warren: Breaches justified data-collection halt

01/19/18

Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney has cited hundreds of confirmed and suspected data breaches as justification for his halting the bureau's data collection activities last month.

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KleinBank to sell three branches to Minnesota credit union

01/19/18

Wings Financial Credit Union will also gain about $40 million in deposits and $10 million in loans.

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Dime finds it hard to, well, turn on a dime scaling back CRE

01/19/18

The New York multifamily lender is making steady progress in a multiyear effort to reduce its dependency on commercial real estate.

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Fed’s Quarles to seek more ‘tailoring’ of large-bank rules

01/19/18

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles on Friday gave the clearest indication yet of the central bank's intention to recalibrate the regulatory framework for the nation’s largest banks.

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Mulvaney: No plans to ‘blow up’ CFPB

01/19/18

"I've told people from the day I walked in there, I wasn't there to burn the place down or blow it up," the consumer bureau's acting director said at a White House briefing.

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House votes to exempt more firms from HMDA rule

01/19/18

A bill passed by the House would raise the threshold that allows smaller banks and credit unions to avoid expanded Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements imposed by a 2015 rule.

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