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Mixed signals on CFPB constitutionality from appeals court justices

05/24/17

Appeals court justices appeared divided on whether the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional during oral arguments in the PHH v. CFPB case on Wednesday.

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Scrap screen scraping? Europe's finding it's not that simple

05/24/17

Europe is debating whether to ban screen scraping, a practice that fintechs count on as a last resort. Innovation is at stake.

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House Dems seek bank documents of Trump accounts

05/24/17

House Democrats are asking Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer John Cryan for documents related to two internal reviews, including one into accounts held by President Trump and his family.

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Bank 1Q earnings jump to $44B, while loans fall: FDIC

05/24/17

Bank earnings leaped to $44 billion in the first quarter, a 12.7% increase from a year earlier, but loan growth marked its first quarterly slowdown since 2013.

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HSBC discovers consumers trust robots for surgery over savings

05/24/17

Andy Maguire faces a challenge: tasked with upgrading HSBC's digital-banking systems, he has discovered that customers are twice as likely to trust a robot for heart surgery than for picking a savings account.

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Risk Management 2017: A Broadening Sense of Hazard

05/24/17

Are Risk Levels Rising for Banks? Execs Think So

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Buying spree continues for Horizon in Ind.

05/24/17

The $3.2 billion-asset company agreed to pay $32 million in cash and stock for Lafayette Community Bancorp in a deal that is expected to close in the third quarter.

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Don't end branching to compete digitally. Just do it better

05/24/17

Regulatory restrictions on market entry can shield banks for only so long from problems like those faced by traditional retailers. But financial institutions can take these steps to stay competitive in the ever-digital world.

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R3 raises $100 million in latest funding; Fidelity adopts bitcoin

05/24/17

Blockchain platform's capital raising is its biggest to date; mutual fund giant now accepts digital currency in its cafeteria as CEO Abigail Johnson embraces it.

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Tech is neat, but branches are necessary

05/24/17

The role of branches in consumers' lives may be changing in the digital age, but brick-and-mortar locations are here to stay. To adapt, Citizens Bank has begun a "10-year process" of retrofitting its branch network.

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