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Wells Fargo defends decision to keep KPMG as its auditor

03/15/17

The auditing giant has faced heavy criticism for failing to uncover wrongdoing at Wells. But the San Francisco megabank said Wednesday that it wants to maintain a relationship that goes back decades.

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Canada banks under review on report of high-pressure tactics

03/15/17

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada will review the business practices of the country's banks after reports of tellers allegedly pressuring customers to buy products to meet sales goals.

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Banks to Trump: Spare affordable housing programs

03/15/17

Bankers and housing advocates say many low-income housing projects simply won't get built if the White House and Congress move to eliminate two federal block grant programs.

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Here comes the new wave of de novos

03/15/17

Numerous investor groups have submitted applications in recent months to open new banks. While far from a surge, the filings show that bankers are warming up to the idea of new charters. Here is a look at many of those efforts.

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Yellen unsure what Glass-Steagall would look like today

03/15/17

Fed Chair Janet Yellen cast doubt on the administration’s call for a reinstatement of a Depression-era barrier between commercial and investment banking activities.

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Tracking the detractors: How U.S. Bank keeps tabs on review sites

03/15/17

U.S. Bank has gone from monitoring Yelp to working with the technology firm ReviewTrackers to monitor customer comments on 23 sites.

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Small banks to pass Fed rate hike on to depositors; big banks sit tight

03/15/17

Banks of all stripes are cheering what the Federal Reserve’s accelerated rate increases promise for net interest income, but big banks and small banks have conflicting notions about how they want to price deposits in the coming months.

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OCC pulls back curtain on fintech charter requirements

03/15/17

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday released more information on how it plans to evaluate and supervise fintech companies seeking a bank charter.

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Fed hikes interest rates for first time in 2017

03/15/17

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday raised the federal funds rate 0.25%, marking only the third rate hike since the financial crisis.

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CFPB fines Nationstar $1.75M for HMDA violations

03/15/17

Nationstar Mortgage agreed on Wednesday to pay $1.75 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for failing to accurately report home mortgage data that is used to identify discrimination.

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