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Democrats say OCC's Noreika may be holding job illegally

10/16/17

Six Democratic senators want the Treasury Department’s independent watchdog to investigate whether acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika is still allowed to be in that role.

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Are fintechs charging minorities more for business loans?

10/16/17

Minorities are more likely to turn to a financial technology firm than a bank when seeking a business loan, but they may pay higher interest rates, according to the preliminary results of a congressional investigation released Monday.

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It pays to woo a seller's biggest investors early in bank M&A

10/16/17

Howard Bancorp CEO Mary Ann Scully was so keen on buying 1st Mariner that she met with a representative of one of the Baltimore company's three largest shareholders before meeting with management, and she kept talking with them. It worked.

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Fintech’s Achilles heel: Reaching low-income consumers

10/16/17

While fintech companies have helped change our understanding of what is possible in financial services, disruptors have largely ignored an important user base.

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Dimon bashes bitcoin again; SoFi withdraws bank application

10/16/17

JPM chief says digital currency “has no actual value,” but likes the blockchain technology behind it; lender will wait until “the time is right” before re-applying.

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Breaking Banks: How AI will change financial services

10/14/17

Two realistic utopians -- David Orban, founder of the London think tank Network Society Research, and Himi Khan, executive V.P. at the virtual assistant tech startup Clinc – share their AI vision.

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Loan growth offsets fee-income drop at First Horizon

10/14/17

The Tennessee company reported 6% growth in loans, which included strong C&I and CRE grains. However, revenue shrank thanks partly to a steep falloff in fixed-income fees.

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CFPB fires back at OCC's criticism of arbitration rule

10/13/17

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency used "flawed statistics" and misstated the effects of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule on community banks, Director Richard Cordray said Friday.

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Regulators shutter bank in Kansas

10/13/17

Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Argonia, Kan., was the seventh institution to fail this year.

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Could online lending become the next systemic risk?

10/13/17

With issuance of marketplace securitizations now exploding — rising 300% cumulatively in the past two years — the idea of online lending as a niche is quickly deteriorating.

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