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Merger costs eat into PacWest's 4Q profits

01/18/18

The Los Angeles company said earnings fell 2% in the quarter as strong loan growth was offset by costs tied to its acquisition of CU Bancorp as well as a loss on the sale of a securities portfolio.

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Credit costs, tax reform take bite out of Home BancShares' profit

01/18/18

The Arkansas company's earnings fell 52% from a year earlier, reflecting a higher provision, a revaluation of its deferred tax asset and higher costs following a series of bank acquisitions.

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BNY Mellon's 4Q assist from tax law: $427 million

01/18/18

BNY Mellon plowed some of its tax law savings into restructuring efforts.

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Mulvaney requests 'zero' money for CFPB

01/18/18

Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has requested no funding from the Federal Reserve in the second quarter and instead will use reserves to fund the agency.

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Fee income, lending niches help boost BB&T profits 4%

01/18/18

Highlights at the North Carolina bank included deposit service charges, CRE lending and wider margins, which all offset one-time costs related to tax reform.

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Blockchain being considered to resurrect crisis-era mortgage product

01/18/18

A group of big financial institutions wants to use the blockchain to help resurrect the packaging of home mortgages into securities, a business that almost destroyed the global banking system in 2008.

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Banks shouldn’t give up on pot banking just yet

01/18/18

Financial institutions are facing considerable uncertainty following the Department of Justice’s decision to rescind Obama-era guidance for the legal marijuana business, but there are steps they can take to reduce their risks.

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Big banks slashed 8,000 more jobs before tax-cut windfall

01/18/18

America's biggest banks just spent a week regaling shareholders about brighter days ahead, when tax cuts add billions of dollars to the firms' annual profits. About 8,000 people are getting left behind.

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M&T's 4Q earnings dip due to $50M donation honoring late CEO

01/18/18

The Buffalo-based company donated a record $50 million to its charitable foundation to honor its former CEO Robert Wilmers, who passed away in late 2017.

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Citi Ventures has an eye to future with new internships

01/18/18

The bank’s innovation unit hopes some of the students it takes in from 12 universities including Columbia, NYU and Texas will end up working at Citi someday or creating startups it can partner with.

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