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Scharf pick says everything about BNY Mellon's tech-oriented future

07/17/17

Why choose a former Visa chief to run a custody bank? Because to survive long term, Bank of New York Mellon will have to look more and more like a payments company.

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House lawmakers lining up ‘buffet’ of reg relief bills

07/17/17

House lawmakers including Jeb Hensarling are preparing to move on a series of targeted regulatory relief bills in an effort to give Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, more leeway when he tries to craft a relief measure.

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OCC's Noreika seeks delay of CFPB arbitration rule

07/17/17

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika has asked the CFPB to delay publishing its final arbitration rule, citing concerns about how it will impact the safety and soundness of banks.

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In surprise move, BNY Mellon hires Charles Scharf as CEO

07/17/17

Scharf, a former Visa CEO and JPMorgan executive, succeeds Gerald Hassell as leader of Bank of New York Mellon.

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Bank regulators should avoid ‘broken windows’ approach

07/17/17

With heavy focus on the granular details of compliance, bankers and regulators might miss the big picture — not unlike New York City’s approach to fighting crime in the 1990s.

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Equity in Kansas to enter Oklahoma with two acquisitions

07/17/17

The company will gain more than $500 million in assets after buying Eastman National and Cache Holdings.

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Bank stocks tank despite earnings; Wells may shrink

07/17/17

Investors blame Washington gridlock, lowered expectations for price drop; Wells Fargo looks to narrow its focus as it jettisons some units.

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IBM upgrades mainframe to encrypt data at high speeds

07/17/17

System can run more than 12 billion encrypted transactions per day and can automatically keep applications, cloud services and databases hashed.

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If CFPB head won't serve full term, he should resign: Hensarling

07/14/17

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling continued the drumbeat of Republican attacks on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.

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The new buzzword at Wells Fargo is 'centralization'

07/14/17

The phony-sales scandal forced a reckoning over an organizational structure that had long encouraged autonomy for the bank’s various business units.

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