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Pinnacle Financial to buy Bank of North Carolina parent

01/23/17

The $1.9 billion deal – the largest announced in 2017 – will create a bank with nearly $20 billion in assets.

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Breaking Banks: Why bankers aren’t quite ready for Amazon Alexa

01/22/17

Guest host Sam Maule chats with American Banker reporter Lalita Clozel and others about the OCC fintech charter, smart home devices, virtual assistants, the security and compliance issues posed by Alexa, and more.

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Trump issues 'regulatory freeze' in first hours of administration

01/21/17

The Trump administration late Friday called on all executive departments and agencies to freeze regulations to allow agency heads selected by the president to review pending rules.

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Court rules CFPB can investigate tribal payday lenders

01/20/17

Native American tribal lenders that market small-dollar and installment loans can be investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a California appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the consumer agency.

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Growth in credit card balances boosts profit at Synchrony Financial

01/20/17

The Stamford, Conn., credit card issuer reported net income of $576 million, up 5.3% from the same period a year earlier.

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Bankers are getting ready for a Trump bump

01/20/17

Donald Trump was sworn in Friday, but banking industry executives have spent the last two months envisioning a vastly different political, economic and regulatory climate. The dominant question in coming months will be how realistic those expectations are.

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Fraud magnet

01/20/17

Western Union received more than half a million consumer fraud complaints between 2004 and 2015. Authorities said that a relatively small number of company agents handled a large share of the illegal transactions

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Money laundering enforcement: Lessons from the Western Union case

01/20/17

Documents filed in connection with a $586 million settlement reveal how certain agents for the global money transmitter enabled extensive fraud and money laundering.b

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Why Trump still faces an uphill climb to ease regulations

01/20/17

The financial services industry has high hopes that President Trump will usher in a new era of less regulation and economic growth. Here are challenges his administration will face.

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Fifth Third partners with VC firm for fintech guidance

01/20/17

The Cincinnati bank will be advised by QED Investors on its fintech strategy.

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