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Bankers can ease transition to cashless society

03/02/21

Cold, hard cash is inevitably going away. Banks have a responsibility to help consumers who don’t have smartphones or even email addresses be prepared, says Shawn Rose, chief digital officer of Scotiabank.

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JPMorgan seeks to reduce office space in two Manhattan towers

03/02/21

JPMorgan Chase is marketing big blocks of office space in Manhattan as companies reevaluate their need for real estate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Can banks convince customers their data is safe?

03/02/21

Less than half of consumers believe financial services providers adequately protect their personal information, according to an Arizent survey. Banks such as Wells Fargo and Bank of Idaho are offering mobile tools and cybersecurity education that could help rebuild trust.

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How Square's bank can use bitcoin profits to promote financial inclusion

03/02/21

The overwhelming success of Square’s bitcoin trading service creates new opportunities for its bank to work with underserved markets.

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Databits: Fear, malaise, and eroding trust

03/02/21

How consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

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Capital One board expands to add Facebook, Nike executives

03/02/21

The new directors are Ime Archibong, whose team builds and tests mobile apps at Facebook, and Craig Williams, president of the Nike product line named after former NBA superstar Michael Jordan.

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Big banks don’t need further relief from capital rule: Warren, Brown

03/02/21

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown urged regulators not to give in to industry requests to extend a temporary policy easing compliance with the supplementary leverage ratio.

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Credit unions can't fulfill mission without embracing diversity

03/02/21

An industry founded to provide affordable financial services to those of modest means needs to do a much better job of recruiting Black, Latino and other minorities to the workforce and the member base.

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The Fed is dialing up the pressure on banks to ditch Libor

03/02/21

The Federal Reserve is intensifying its scrutiny of banks' efforts to shed their reliance on the London interbank offered rate, and has begun compiling more detailed evidence on their progress, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter.

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New bill provides some exemptions from credit union commercial loan cap

03/02/21

Bipartsan legislation introduced Monday would permit loans made as part of the COVID-19 relief effort not to county against limits on member business lending.

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