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Civista in Ohio taps insider as its next CEO

08/01/17

The company said that Dennis Shaffer, its president, will succeed James Miller at the end of this year.

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Community Financial to expand in Maryland with $34M acquisition

08/01/17

The company agreed to buy County First Bank in a cash-and-stock transaction.

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OCC backs off arbitration rule; bitcoin knockoff set to trade

08/01/17

Acting Comptroller Noreika says he will defer to Congress to determine whether the rule requiring mandatory arbitration should be killed; Bitcoin Cash to start trading but is causing confusion in the digital currency market.

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These 5 senators are key to the CFPB arbitration rule fight

08/01/17

Four Republican senators are seen as possible defectors on a vote to repeal the CFPB's arbitration rule, while another senator may be absent, which will make the GOP's job harder.

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'Social Security for all': Is universal basic income the answer to volatility?

08/01/17

A spike in income volatility has some banks working on ways to help people cope, and now the fintech think tank Y Combinator Research is planning to test a possible solution, albiet a controversial one. Have you heard of "universal basic income" yet? You probably will.

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Don't overlook diversity as a source of Alpha

08/01/17

As an investment community, we have to realize that any system with 90% homogeneity is vulnerable, while diversity makes the system more resilient.

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Banks ease standards for C&I loans, raise the bar on CRE loans: Fed

07/31/17

The Fed’s quarterly Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey found that demand decreased for both commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans.

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Unwinding of Fed's balance sheet threatens bank deposit gains

07/31/17

As much as $2.5 trillion, or nearly half of bank deposit growth since the crisis, may be attributable to the central bank's quantitative easing. If investors start drawing down on their accounts to buy back assets from the Fed, the trend could dampen liquidity at certain banks, add upward pressure on deposit prices and reshape M&A.

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Bank in limbo: American Samoa's bold attempt to save its economy

07/31/17

The South Pacific island's leaders have a creative solution to fix their cash-based economy that hasn't been done in the U.S. in nearly a century. But will regulators approve?

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Five GOP senators to watch in CFPB arbitration rule appeal fight

07/31/17

Republicans need just 50 votes in the Senate to repeal the CFPB's rule banning mandatory arbitration, but some key GOP senators remain on the fence.

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