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‘Shut this excrescence down’: Comments of the week

12/01/17

Readers react to the CFPB director shake-up, applaud honorees of American Banker’s annual banker awards and weigh in on the heated financial data debate.

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Umpqua forms investment bank to advise on M&A, capital raises

12/01/17

Umpqua has taken a cue from other regionals that have found success in investment banking.

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CFPB leadership shakeup leaves fintech borrowers vulnerable

12/01/17

Richard Cordray won’t be around anymore to keep an eye on the fintech sector. The question now is: Who will?

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Another nomination; Quarles warns on bitcoin

12/01/17

Jelena McWilliams, Fifth Third Bancorp’s chief legal officer, is the choice for FDIC chair; digital currencies pose too many risks.

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Look who's Banker of the Year and who's bidding on Weinstein Co.

12/01/17

Beth Mooney disarms “a ticking time bomb.” The former head of the Small Business Administration wants to buy Harvey Weinstein’s company. Plus, the CFPB showdown, an effective way to combat sexual harassment, and laundry tips from Anne Wojcicki.

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Would your bank go this far to help its customers?

11/30/17

A lot of lenders say they're dedicated to customer service, but here are six instances when Amarillo National Bank — whose CEO is one of our Banker of the Year award winners for 2017 — went above and beyond the normal call of duty.

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Enterprising builder: Howard Bank's Mary Ann Scully

11/30/17

For her entrepreneurial spirit and for bringing hometown banking back to Baltimore, Mary Ann Scully has been named a 2017 Banker of the Year award winner.

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Fifth Third's McWilliams tapped as next FDIC chair

11/30/17

Jelena McWilliams, the chief legal officer for Fifth Third Bancorp. will be nominated as the next chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the White House said late Thursday.

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Is it time for bankers to rethink bitcoin?

11/30/17

Dizzying trading in bitcoin fed the bubble argument, but now that Nasdaq is the third Wall Street player to say it is designing a financial instrument around it, banks may be forced to reassess cryptocurrencies.

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Dodd, Frank reunite to protest CFPB leadership change

11/30/17

The former heads of the House and Senate banking committees argued Thursday that the Dodd-Frank Act clearly intended to allow the CFPB's deputy director to serve as acting director after the full-time head of the agency departed.

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