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Capital One cuts card spending limits amid impasse in jobless aid

08/28/20

Some customers have complained of limits being slashed by one-third to two-thirds, eroding their ability to borrow in an emergency during a pandemic or potentially hurting their credit scores.

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Hanover Bancorp making bigger push into New York with Savoy acquisition

08/28/20

The company will use Savoy's midtown Manhattan office to coordinate business development efforts around the city.

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Fed announces major policy shift; U.S. investment banks cash in on Ant deal

08/28/20

The move to largely ignore inflation overshoots is likely to mean low interest rates for years to come; Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are underwriting the big Hong Kong portion.

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Credit unions fear planned GSE fee could cut into mortgage profits

08/28/20

Refinancing has been one of the bright spots in a difficult year for lending, and the industry has concerns that a fee to be imposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could slow down the business.

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Ex-Bank of America employees allege ‘extreme pressure' to sell credit cards

08/27/20

Even as the bank’s sales practices faced intense government scrutiny following the Wells Fargo scandal, senior leaders in Oregon were fostering a culture that valued credit-card sales above all else, according to several former employees.

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How to make your AI dreams a reality

08/27/20

One banks journey of taking an AI idea from inception to experience. How organizations can ensure the shift from pilot projects to full-scale AI fluency goes right

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Banks in Hurricane Laura's path hopeful their markets were spared worst

08/27/20

Branches in the Gulf Coast region largely avoided massive flooding. Now bankers must assess the impact on employees and customers.

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Fintech veterans launch blank-check firm to buy a startup

08/27/20

Betsy Cohen, formerly of The Bancorp Bank, and venture capitalist Ryan Gilbert have created a vehicle to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, purchase a technology company and expand it.

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Larger credit unions dominated PPP lending

08/27/20

New analysis from S&P shows only two of the top 20 credit unions that made Paycheck Protection Program loans have assets under $1 billion.

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Sharp divide between large and small credit unions in PPP lending

08/27/20

New analysis from S&P found that only two of the of the top 20 credit unions that participated in the Paycheck Protection Program loans had assets of less than $1 billion.

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