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Sorry for the inconvenience: Bank tech snafus in 2017

01/11/18

Capital One became the latest bank to feel customers' online wrath last week after reports that some customers were being charged twice for debit card activity. But they were hardly alone.

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Judge deals another blow to bid to unseat CFPB's Mulvaney

01/10/18

U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Wednesday said CFPB Deputy Director Leandra English's case was unlikely to succeed on the merits and did not demonstrate irreparable harm.

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Fifth Third regains top CRA grade, an entree to M&A

01/10/18

The bank says it received an “outstanding” rating on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act examination. Its previous rating, a “needs to improve,” not only was bad publicity but restricted its ability to buy banks.

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First Commonwealth in Ind. to enter Cincinnati with Foundation Bank deal

01/10/18

The company, which agreed to pay $58 million for Foundation's parent, will gain five branches in Cincinnati.

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Housing finance reform could weaken rural lending, groups warn

01/10/18

Housing finance reform proposals could make it challenging for community banks and credit unions to serve rural mortgage markets, according to a report issued Wednesday by Brookings and the Center for Responsible Lending.

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Scratch Royce from list of contenders for banking panel gavel

01/10/18

GOP Rep. Ed Royce of California said this week that he will leave Congress at the end of the year, removing his name from the list of contenders to lead the Financial Services Committee next year.

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Why BMO says its U.S. retail lending woes have hit bottom

01/10/18

In some ways the Canadian bank's U.S. consumer business is only now shaking off many of its crisis-era problems here. CEO Darryl White is pinning his retail-comeback hopes on a rejuvenated sales culture and a focus on more profitable customers.

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Equipment lending could take off under new tax structure

01/10/18

Banks that have flocked to the business because of higher yields and loan diversity stand to benefit if clients use tax savings to upgrade equipment.

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Is CFPB’s data freeze about security or a political ploy?

01/10/18

The CFPB's recent freeze on collecting any personally identifiable information from companies it supervises is slowing investigations and could ultimately cripple the agency's enforcement function — and that may be the point.

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Fed's Kashkari playing long game in plan to end 'too big to fail'

01/10/18

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari acknowledges that his plan to raise capital at the biggest banks and ease burden for smaller ones isn't likely to be enacted soon, but says its time will come.

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