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A Southeastern expansion at SmartFinancial

05/23/17

The Tennessee bank has agreed to pay nearly $85 million for Capstone Bancshares in Alabama.

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A mortgage for immigrants with money but no credit history

05/23/17

Bank of the West is using alternative data and the international expertise of its parent company to tap into the lucrative but difficult to underwrite market of middle- and upper-class immigrant mortgage borrowers.

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UBS dives into credit card fray with Chase, Amex to woo wealthy

05/23/17

UBS Group AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, plans to introduce a premium card this month as it seeks to strengthen ties with affluent Americans.

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Savings app maker Long Game raises $4M

05/23/17

Long Game uses behavioral economics and the mass popularity of lottery games to redirect lottery spending toward savings.

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Ask Alice — she'll say character is collateral

05/23/17

A Nebraska banking veteran put up $1 million of her own money to create a microlending program that doesn't require business owners to provide traditional collateral.

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How OCC can help banks disrupt the payday loan industry

05/23/17

With the future of payday lending in flux, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has the ability to help provide consumers with a better credit option.

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Open banking is inevitable. Let’s rethink data security, too

05/23/17

Better information security will remain the foundation of success as the financial services industry moves quickly to engage new business models.

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Banks pour $107M into blockchain consortium R3

05/23/17

The money will be used to hire more people. It is also a morale boost for the group, which has suffered some high-profile recent defections.

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Citi settles Banamex probe; bitcoin surges again

05/23/17

Bank agrees to pay $97 million as DOJ drops criminal charges involving money laundering at Citi uni; digital currency price roars past $2,200 as Japanese catch the bitcoin bug.

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'A needle in a stack of needles': Using AI to detect money laundering

05/23/17

David McLaughlin, founder and CEO of QuantaVerse, discusses how artificial intelligence can improve anti-money-laundering compliance; the problems of de-risking and "defensive filing" of suspicious activity reports; the Clearing House's proposal to reduce banks' AML costs; and more.

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