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Heritage Commerce to expand around San Francisco with Tri-Valley purchase

12/21/17

Heritage Commerce will pay $32 million for Tri-Valley in a deal that should be accretive to tangible book value and earnings.

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Banks plan to raise salaries; Comptroller boosts fintech firms

12/21/17

Wells, Fifth Third, others plan to raise pay after tax reform; Joseph Otting backs a federal banking charter for online lenders.

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10 who had a rough year in 2017

12/21/17

It was a bad year for the CEO of Equifax, the founder of a high-flying fintech and the regulatory agency bankers love to hate.

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Bankers should resolve to be more paranoid in 2018

12/20/17

The economy is ripe for another downturn in the months or years to come, and banks shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security.

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Why do most U.S. banks shut the door on 'open banking'?

12/20/17

EU banks will soon start sharing customer account data with all third parties their customers approve. Very few U.S. banks have latched on to this concept. Here’s why.

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Three things to watch as CFPB leadership case goes to court

12/20/17

The Trump administration and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Mick Mulvaney won round one in a legal battle challenging Mulvaney's leadership. His critics will have a tall order trying to win round two.

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Banks offer raises, bonuses after Congress passes tax reform bill

12/20/17

Fifth Third said it will give a bonus or raise to about three-quarters of its employees while Wells Fargo raised its minimum hourly pay in the wake of Congress' passing a tax reform bill.

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Atlanta is next stop for Bank On's program to help underbanked consumers

12/20/17

Regional and community banks will offer low-cost or no-cost financial products through Bank On, which has already reached agreements with Regions Bank, Wells Fargo and SunTrust.

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FHFA seeks input on Fannie and Freddie's credit score models

12/20/17

The two government-sponsored enterprises have relied on the “classic” FICO credit scoring model for the past 12 years. But the Federal Housing Finance Agency is weighing whether the GSEs should upgrade to more recent scoring alternatives.

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BankMobile deploys AI, alternative data to lend to FICO-poor students

12/20/17

BankMobile, the digital-only subsidiary of Customers Bank in Wyomissing, Pa., is planning to use software by Upstart to offer its first credit product to the students it reaches through relationships with 800 universities.

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