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Can banks band together to solve vendor risk problems?

06/27/17

Barclays, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley are backing a shared vendor risk management platform. The tough part will be agreeing on a final product.

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U.S. banks are behind the global curve on gender pay equity

06/27/17

The refusal by top U.S. banks and credit card companies to respond to investor concerns about gender inequity is in contrast with progress by U.K. banks.

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Nafta tensions creating new concerns for ag lenders

06/27/17

Mexico's decision to reduce imports of soybean meal, corn and chicken has put more pressure on certain farmers, while creating another situation for lenders to monitor.

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Small lenders need to be in room where GSE debate happens

06/27/17

A key question for the future of housing finance is whether large and small lenders will both be able to compete, or will a new system favor Wall Street giants?

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United is latest out-of-state acquirer to enter North Carolina

06/27/17

The Georgia bank will pay $124 million for Four Oaks Fincorp, buying a bank with a large operation in Raleigh, N.C.

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Happy 50th birthday, ATM; Cryptocurrency bloodbath

06/27/17

Cash machine makers are working to make them work with, not against, smartphones; prices of digital currencies crashed on Monday, possibly sparked by a hoax that an Ethereum co-founder had died.

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How money anxiety is affecting Americans' financial decisions

06/27/17

Dr. Dan Geller, behavioral economist and author of Money Anxiety, explains why Americans are more stressed about money than ever before and how fear affects their decisions about financial products and banks.

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Moody’s unveils own stress test based on public data

06/27/17

The research firm is set to release a report Tuesday that it says previews the results of the Fed’s 2017 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress test results for 16 superregional banks.

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Death hoax involving Ethereum creator sparks panic cryptocurrency sell-off

06/26/17

The incident shows that cryptocurrencies may be vulnerable to market manipulation—and may not be ready for prime time.

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The downside of scaling back the CFPB complaint database

06/26/17

Financial firms say the database is unreliable and would like to see it removed from public view. But the industry would also lose access to competitive insights that can be gleaned from the massive trove of consumer complaints.

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