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Gorman's brokerage play lifts Morgan Stanley to higher profits

10/17/17

Morgan Stanley’s net income rose 12% to $1.8 billion, or 93 cents a share, from $1.6 billion, or 81 cents, a year earlier.

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‘There’s a sense of unfairness about it’: Fed's Bullard

10/17/17

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard explains why community banks feel they were hit with unduly tough regulations after the financial crisis.

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Amex will need to convince justices that its rules help consumers

10/16/17

In a surprise move, the Supreme Court will decide whether Amex may bar merchants from steering customers to less expensive card networks. The card issuer will have to prove the consumer gain from its practices outweighs the merchant pain.

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California extends ban against Wells Fargo due to scandals

10/16/17

Wells Fargo was barred by California's treasurer from being hired for another year because of the bank's fraudulent account scandal, leaving the company largely cut off from underwriting work with one of the nation's biggest municipal-bond issuers.

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RBC's McKay has 'real concerns' with bitcoin, but 'it's not fraud'

10/16/17

Royal Bank of Canada's David McKay said he has "real concerns" about bitcoin. But unlike JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, fraud isn't one of them.

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Inside Bank of the West's eastward expansion

10/16/17

The San Francisco bank hopes to win middle-market business from its new commercial offices in Cleveland and Dallas.

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A significant hike of the SIFI threshold is coming, Cohn predicts

10/16/17

Senate lawmakers will soon introduce a bill that could more than quadruple the current $50 billion threshold to be considered a systemically important bank, a top Trump administration official said Monday.

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Big Brother has its eye on bank employees

10/16/17

As many as a dozen financial institutions are deploying IBM’s Watson to search for signs of employee misconduct so they can avoid a Wells Fargo-size scandal. But the legal and technical limits of its use are major issues.

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BBVA launches mobile money app

10/16/17

BBVA has launched a new mobile app that is designed to help people in the U.S. send money to friends and family in Mexico — more quickly and cheaper than traditional remittance methods.

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'Do you think Jamie Dimon needs those tools?': Comments of the week

10/16/17

Readers weigh in on how women can advance in business, the regulatory playing field for banks and nonbanks, the CFPB's payday loan rule, ATM withdrawals made through mobile wallets, and more.

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