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Glacier announces another deal to offset crossing $10B asset threshold

10/27/17

The Montana company agreed to buy Inter-Mountain Bancorp in an all-stock deal valued at $173 million. The company has lined up nine bank acquisitions in the last five years.

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CFPB’s data-sharing guidelines are a boon for innovation

10/27/17

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was careful to note that the principles were not binding, the industry should still adopt the guidelines going forward.

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How the CFPB rule was killed; Wells hung out to dry by storm

10/27/17

Small banks targeted a handful of GOP senators; bank may lose more than $450 million, mainly due to its Puerto Rico auto finance unit.

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Asset managers should not be labeled 'shadow banks': Treasury

10/27/17

The term "shadow banking" is a pejorative, implying insufficient regulatory oversight, said Treasury in a report issued Thursday on asset management.

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Additional credit rating gives CommonBond a leg up on banks

10/27/17

The tighter spreads on the fintech student lender's latest securitization should help offset a rise in the underlying benchmark rates, keeping its funding costs low — and helping it compete more effectively.

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Silicon Valley profits jump on 16% loan growth

10/26/17

Quarterly results at the Santa Clara, Calif., company got a boost from stronger lending to venture capital and private-equity firms.

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Should bank regulators link capital requirements to diversity?

10/26/17

More people are making a case for regulators to step in, saying banks’ lack of leadership diversity is a risk that they have failed to resolve on their own. There is one very surprising thing about the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations. What kind of program will help women advance? The answer might be one that is for the men.

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Here's how big buyers could get back in the M&A game

10/26/17

If Congress changes the $50 billion-asset threshold for systemically important financial institutions, big banks could take it as a signal that regulators would be amenable to larger deals.

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Inside Cordray’s ill-fated gamble on CFPB arbitration rule

10/26/17

The stunning defeat of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule didn't have to happen, according to critics and former agency officials.

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There's a better way to identify SIFIs than size: Office of Financial Research

10/26/17

The Dodd-Frank Act’s $50 billion threshold for determining which banks are systemically important should be scrapped and replaced with an indicator test, according to the Office of Financial Research.

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