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Equifax restoring The Work Number portal with beefed-up security

10/20/17

Equifax continues work to add new security features and restore full access to The Work Number following a report highlighting potential security vulnerabilities in a browser-based portal of its employment verification service.

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Buying season ahead? Banks increasingly talk up M&A

10/20/17

Flush with capital and facing stiff competition for customers, many regional banks appear to be mulling acquisitions to accelerate growth.

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Mortgage deduction alternative emerges in tax reform talks

10/20/17

Some housing groups are warming to an idea that they say could help more Americans benefit from housing-related subsidies than the mortgage interest deduction.

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Microinvestor steps into neobanking clique

10/20/17

Stash is the latest young fintech to pair debit and savings products with financial advice as it competes for millennial clients.

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Synchrony allays fears about rising credit losses

10/20/17

The store-branded credit card issuer reported that more borrowers fell behind on their payments in the third quarter. Still, net earnings were stronger than expected.

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An important milestone reached at Citizens Financial

10/20/17

The Providence, R.I., company surpassed its goal for return on tangible common equity that it had set for itself after its initial public offering.

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SunTrust overcomes mortgage slowdown with strong consumer loan growth

10/20/17

SunTrust’s yields have improved as it has increased its credit-card and student lending and made more online personal loans through its LightStream subsidiary.

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Customers Bank takes second shot at spinning off mobile bank unit

10/20/17

The Wyomissing, Pa.-based firm is forgoing cash offers in favor of a more complicated plan that involves spinning the unit off to shareholders, who will then trade their stakes for shares in a Clearwater,Fla-based community bank in a tax-free exchange.

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Jamie Dimon is right about cryptocurrencies

10/20/17

Cryptocurrencies will not gain widespread traction with corporations and governments as long as there remain crucial questions about their volatility, risk, volume and shadowy affiliations.

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Deposits, loans on rise at Associated Banc-Corp

10/20/17

The Green Bay, Wis., company's CEO predicted “mid-single-digit” annual loan growth after a third quarter that included a 10% increase in deposits and 4% rise in average loans.

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