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CUNA Mutual Group acquires ForeverCar

11/12/20

The deal, intended to bolster CUNA Mutual's digital capabilities, is the company's second such move in a month.

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GFA Federal Credit Union's chief executive to retire in spring

11/12/20

Tina Sbrega, who has been a pioneer in areas including pot banking and credit unions buying banks, will stay on as chair of a subsidiary of the institution.

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Citi sees quick results from True Name cards for trans, nonbinary consumers

11/12/20

The response exceeded expectations, with more than 1,600 Citi customers requesting a name-change on their cards within the first few weeks of the program.

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Commercial real estate alarms; Biden agency review teams ignore Wall Street

11/12/20

The growing number of defaults is raising concerns that banks will tighten credit, making a bad situation worse; most of the 500 members are academics and Obama White House staffers.

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Political speech at the office ‘may get worse’ post-election

11/12/20

A contentious presidential contest and social justice protests have forced employers to consider whether these types of topics should be discussed in the workplace.

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Banks steer clear of sports gambling even as more states legalize it

11/11/20

Big financial institutions are worried that online wagers made with credit cards pose a heavy risk of money laundering. The possibility of tougher rules under the incoming Biden administration has only compounded their concerns.

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Biden transition teams add credit union CEO and former NCUA staffer

11/11/20

Bill Bynum, president and CEO of Hope Federal Credit Union, and Gail Laster, former director of the National Credit Union Administration's consumer-protection division, are working with the incoming administration.

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BMO Financial pledges $5 billion to tackle U.S. racial wealth gap

11/11/20

The Toronto parent of BMO Harris Bank has joined a growing list of banks directing billions of dollars toward affordable housing and loans to low- and moderate-income communities.

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JPMorgan no longer stands alone as most important bank

11/11/20

JPMorgan Chase dropped one rung on the Financial Stability Board’s annual rankings of systemically important banks to sit alongside Citigroup and HSBC Holdings as one of the world’s three most important banks.

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Why PPP fraud hit fintechs harder than banks

11/11/20

Scammers may have had more success at duping fintechs than banks in obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans. But there are reasons for this apparent disparity.

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