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P2P student lender gets financing; Bitcoin Cash surges

08/21/17

Prodigy Finance, a London-based graduate student lender, gets $240 million in new funding round; Bitcoin Cash value soars.

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Credit unions with the largest portfolios of home equity loans

08/18/17

On March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

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Credit unions with the largest portfolios of first mortgage loans

08/18/17

On March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

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Wells Fargo arms branch workers with tablets instead of scripts

08/18/17

How do you restore profits after a banking scandal that victimized both customers and employees — without inflicting more pain on either side?

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Credit Unions with the largest credit card portfolios

08/18/17

On March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

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Digital currency exchange readies expansion into hot U.S. market

08/18/17

The Japanese exchange bitFlyer has processed $30 billion in bitcoin trades so far in 2017. Now it has its sights set on American crypto enthusiasts.

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Barclays puts in sensors to see which bankers are at their desks

08/18/17

The company says the tracking devices are a way to reduce office space and know when shared workstations are free, but "hot-desking" also raises questions about whether employees are being spied on.

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Timeless lessons from the first black woman to start a bank

08/18/17

A recent tribute to Maggie Walker came more than a century after she founded St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Va. But it fittingly coincided with the first anniversary of the #BankBlack movement and offers a counterweight to the racial strife that just occurred less than 100 miles away in Charlottesville.

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HUD in limbo: Top jobs unconfirmed, key decisions unmade

08/18/17

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is facing a leadership crisis as top jobs go unfilled, leaving key decisions unresolved.

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Choke Point is officially over, Justice Department says

08/18/17

The Trump administration says it has put a stop to Operation Choke Point, a controversial initiative aimed at discouraging financial institutions from servicing high-risk businesses.

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