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Reg relief may not mean lower compliance costs for banks

02/13/17

Banks have spent years and billions of dollars to comply with post-crisis reforms. But with a new administration and Congress aiming to roll back the regulatory tide, whether those compliance costs go down is an open question.

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Bank Holding Companies with the Most Employees

02/13/17

Full-time equivalent, as of Sept. 30, 2016. Dollars in thousands.

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TD Bank makes small-business push along East Coast

02/13/17

The Toronto company will add as many as 75 small-business bankers in several of its key U.S. markets.

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What (else) banks want from Washington

02/13/17

Financial firms are going on offense in Washington, pressing a policy agenda that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. Some proposals, like reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have been floated before while others began to gain traction after Republicans swept the November elections. Here's a look at some of the industry's requests.

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Small-business lending has a diversity problem

02/13/17

One of the root problems of investing disparities is lack of diversity among those who make investment decisions. Here’s how to change the dynamic.

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Interim fixes to rein in the CFPB

02/13/17

Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but efforts to beat back CFPB policies might be a longer fight than many in the industry would like.

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Tarullo leaving the Fed; Cohn's growing role at White House

02/13/17

Daniel Tarullo's retirement opens another spot for a potentially bank-friendly central bank seat; Gary Cohn is Trump's point man on all things financial, from deregulation to Obamacare.

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ABA endorses tech firm’s online lending platform

02/13/17

Chicago-based Akouba will offer its origination and underwriting platform to ABA-member banks, which will receive preferred pricing.

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Opus Lands a Former Fintech Exec from BBVA

02/10/17

Opus Bank has hired Scarlett Sieber, the former senior vice president in global business development at BBVA, to be its chief information officer.

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Why Tarullo is leaving the Fed — and what remains unfinished

02/10/17

The Federal Reserve Board should continue to focus on emerging systemic threats and work on exempting community banks from rules clearly aimed at larger institutions, said Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo, who unexpectedly announced his pending departure Friday.

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