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Credit card debt hits all-time high of $1.023 trillion: Fed

01/08/18

The milestone marks the end of a seven-year-long recovery in the credit card market that followed the Great Recession.

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Six critical questions as housing finance reform heats up

01/08/18

The Senate Banking Committee is expected to soon release a bipartisan bill that would significantly reshape the housing finance market, but key issues – and whether whatever legislation it produces can be squared with other players – remain unclear.

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Fed, FDIC release regional banks’ living will plans

01/08/18

Northern Trust, which along with 16 other organizations had the public portion of its resolution plan released, said it made changes to its living will as a result of criticism by regulators.

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U.S. Bank teams with nonprofit to help drive more loans to CDFIs

01/08/18

The Minneapolis bank is the first bank to join Community Reinvestment Fund's online service that matches small-business borrowers who don’t qualify for bank loans with community development financial institutions.

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Ex-OCC head returns to law firm Simpson Thacher

01/08/18

Keith Noreika, who made waves during his brief stint as acting Comptroller of the Currency, has rejoined Simpson Thacher Bartlett as a partner.

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Warren grills CFPB head over data collection freeze

01/08/18

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asking acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to account for recent directives limiting agency staff members’ ability to access or acquire electronic data, saying the moves hamper critical agency operations.

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Shared office space becomes marketing hook for banks

01/08/18

A number of banks, especially those with extra real estate on their hands, are trying to capitalize on the co-working craze to appeal to fledgling companies that could become success stories — and their customers.

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IRS continues repair of income verification system after mortgage industry panic

01/08/18

The IRS has taken corrective actions to speed up its income verification system, avoiding a possibly crippling slowdown for the mortgage industry, but long-term issues remain.

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MidSouth to add turnaround specialist in senior-level shake-up

01/08/18

MidSouth Bancorp in Lafayette, La., has appointed one of its regional executives to the newly created post of chief banking officer and moved to appoint a veteran turnaround banker to its board.

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Banks and Thrifts with the Largest Portfolios of First Mortgages

01/08/18

On Sep. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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