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Former First NBC executives charged with fraud tied to bank's failure

07/14/20

Ashton Ryan, the New Orleans bank's CEO, and two other officers are accused of disguising the financial condition of certain borrowers before the bank's 2017 collapse.

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Citi beats estimates as trading windfall offsets higher credit costs

07/14/20

The results show how Wall Street giants such as Citigroup leaned on volatile businesses in the second quarter to counter mounting signs of distress from lending operations.

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Lenders call for halt on disparate impact; Epstein's Deutsche bankers unmasked

07/14/20

Mortgage lenders say now is not the time to water down a regulation aimed at combating discrimination in housing; New York Times discloses the names of Jeffrey Epstein’s bankers.

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JPMorgan’s record trading helps ease pandemic’s toll on profit

07/14/20

The country's largest bank said second-quarter profit fell 51% to $4.69 billion, a smaller drop than forecast, as record trading revenue helped counter the biggest loan-loss provision in its history.

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E-commerce lender Afterpay to offer installment loans in stores

07/14/20

The Australian firm, best known for financing online purchases, is rolling out interest-free, point-of-sale loans at cash registers that it says could help U.S. merchants boost flagging sales.

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Energy lenders brace for more losses

07/13/20

Bankers had asserted in April that they could handle a slump in oil prices tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Continued volatility, combined with declining collateral values and a rise in bankruptcies for exploration companies, is denting their confidence.

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Patriot National hires outsider as next leader

07/13/20

The Connecticut company recruited Robert Russell from Millington Bank to become its president and CEO.

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Wells Fargo buys $14B of delinquent mortgages tied to pandemic

07/13/20

The amount far surpassed that of any other servicer required to purchase Ginnie Mae-backed loans that were 90 days past due.

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Lawsuit against Plaid heightens focus on data privacy issues

07/13/20

A class action asserts that the data aggregator accesses more of consumers' bank account information than it needs and ultimately aims to sell the data to others. Plaid, which has agreed to be sold to Visa, denies the allegations.

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FDIC lacks adequate sexual harassment prevention, reporting system: IG

07/13/20

Even though fewer cases are reported among the agency's employees compared to the government average, the watchdog said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. should improve its anti-harassment training and other procedures.

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