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What’s in store for the nation’s newest regional bank

06/16/17

Pinnacle Financial Partners closed in on $20 billion in assets by buying BNC. It now has to integrate the North Carolina bank, while finding ways to boost profit and adapt to increased regulatory burden.

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Cordray fights back against House Republican contempt threat

06/16/17

CFPB Director Richard Cordray took issue with a House Republican report that said he lied about his agency's role in investigating the Wells Fargo phony-accounts scandal.

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Finastra, the new megavendor, to use IBM’s cloud for core banking

06/16/17

The announcement follows the completion of the merger of D+H and Misys by their owner, Vista Equity Partners.

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N.Y.’s pay gap solution irks Wall Street

06/16/17

Wall Street is whining about a New York City law meant to close the gender pay gap; CEOs vow action on diversity; and could a female college football player be an NFL first?

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Dodd-Frank or the Choice Act? Take the best parts of both

06/16/17

While the bill recently passing the House is right to do away with overly burdensome regulations of Dodd-Frank, it is wrong to leave government without adequate tools to protect the financial system.

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Breaking Banks: Watson and regtech; crazy cryptocurrency

06/16/17

IBM's Marc Andrews discusses AI and compliance; Dave Birch, Charlie Shrem and Anthony Di Iorio debate bitcoin and all that it's spawned.

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Why Apple's P-to-P service could go the way of Betamax

06/16/17

In order for Apple to achieve significant success with its upcoming P-to-P service, the tech titan needs to expand the amount of people who can use the payments feature.

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‘Fannie and Freddie never needed a bailout’: Comments of the week

06/16/17

Readers chime in on the GSE conservatorships, bitcoin’s future, regulatory relief for regional banks, a recent Supreme Court ruling on debt collection, and more.

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Euro lending outpacing U.S.; JPM unfair to dads?

06/16/17

U.S. C&I loan growth has dropped below that of the eurozone for the first time in six years; bank employee says Chase discriminates against fathers when it comes to family leave.

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House panel advances two flood insurance changes, but divisions remain

06/15/17

The House Financial Services Committee passed two flood insurance bills, but postponed more work until next week.

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