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Breaking Banks: Demystifying money movement

06/23/17

Host Brett King talks to Bill Barhydt of Abra and Shachar Bialick of Curve.

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Housing groups take aim at flood insurance bills

06/23/17

The National Association of Home Builders is objecting to a measure that would impose a surcharge on National Flood Insurance Program policies for newly constructed homes.

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Berkshire Hills’ quest to become New England’s next breakout bank

06/23/17

A headquarters move to Boston, a core system with plenty of headroom and a CEO who admires big acquirers like M&T and the old Banknorth: All the signs are there of an ambitious bank with a plan.

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How marketplace lenders’ efforts to be more banklike could backfire

06/23/17

Operational changes may be enticing to investors, but they threaten the very foundation of marketplace lending, potentially shutting out those the burgeoning sector was meant to serve.

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CIBC says $5B PrivateBank deal will fuel U.S. expansion

06/23/17

CIBC plans to spend two years focusing on internal growth at PrivateBank except for some targeted wealth management acquisitions, but ultimately capital outlays or takeovers will be necessary to meet its growth ambitions.

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‘Why the double standard?’: Comments of the week

06/23/17

Readers weigh in on chatbots, Amazon’s physical footprint expansion plans, alternative credit data and more.

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Banks ace first round of stress tests; Cards a danger zone

06/23/17

All 34 big banks demonstrate they could survive a severe recession; credit cards emerge as the biggest vulnerability, with a projected $100 billion in losses.

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Regtech vendors partner to make mobile account opening ‘frictionless’

06/22/17

IdentityMind Global will offer Confirm.io’s remote document verification technology to its clients.

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White House seeking good listeners for top regulatory spots: Official

06/22/17

President Trump plans to tap nominees to head the independent financial regulators that will be more willing to listen to industry than past heads, a senior White House official said Thursday.

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Obit: Frank Cahouet turned around Mellon in late '80s

06/22/17

Former Mellon Financial CEO Frank Cahouet is credited with leading the Pittsburgh company out of a difficult financial period. He was also CEO when Mellon acquired the mutual fund manager Dreyfus, and he rejected Bank of New York’s early attempts to buy Mellon.

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