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KeyCorp set to roll out digital bank for doctors

01/21/21

The Cleveland company will launch the service in March to broaden relationships its Laurel Road student loan refinancing unit has built with health care professionals.

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Fifth Third CEO ‘very concerned’ about fintechs

01/21/21

Greg Carmichael said lightly regulated challenger banks pose a long-term threat to traditional banks, echoing comments JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon made last week.

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Citigroup shrinks gender wage gap a smidge, to 26% from 27%

01/21/21

Citigroup, one of the few companies to offer a frank assessment of the difference in wages it pays to men and women, has made gradual progress toward narrowing that gap.

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Biden offers Fed veteran Nellie Liang top post at Treasury

01/21/21

Liang, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, would take a position that has been vacant since 2014.

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Truist spending $1.8 billion on tech, customer service upgrades

01/21/21

The investments, part of a post-merger effort to wring out more profits, include new commercial and mortgage lending platforms.

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Wintrust, Hancock Whitney to close branches

01/21/21

Sandy Spring Bancorp also plans to shrink its network as more customers move to digital channels.

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Former Cordray aide selected for interim CFPB post

01/21/21

Dave Uejio, who served as chief of staff to ex-Director Richard Cordray, was named by the Biden administration to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until the Senate confirms Rohit Chopra for the permanent job.

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Biden expected to nominate ex-Treasury official Barr to lead OCC

01/21/21

Michael Barr helped write the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act while serving under Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

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Discover CEO predicts second-half spike in credit card losses

01/21/21

Consumers have largely kept up with their payments during the pandemic, but Discover chief Roger Hochschild says he expects defaults to rise as structural changes in the economy lead to more layoffs of white-collar workers.

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Arkansas CDFI strikes deal in home state

01/21/21

Southern Bancorp, which recently raised $35 million in capital, agreed to acquire DeWitt First Bankshares, the parent of Arkansas County Bank.

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