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Prepping for PPP 2.0, new bankers’ hours, rethinking branch design: Top stories of the week

04/24/20

Lenders are set to flood the SBA with new PPP applications; long nights and weekends the new normal; Fifth Third rethinks new-branch designs in light of coronavirus; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Fed lifts six-per-month transaction limits on savings accounts

04/24/20

The central bank said customers will be able to make more transfers and withdrawals "at a time when financial events associated with the coronavirus pandemic have made such access more urgent."

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Trial of Stephen Calk, Manafort's banker, scheduled for September

04/24/20

The former CEO at The Federal Savings Bank, who faces a bribery charge in connection with loans to President Trump's onetime campaign chief, is seeking to keep evidence from his phone out of the upcoming trial.

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As hotels sit empty, loan delinquencies pile up

04/24/20

More details have emerged about the damage the coronavirus pandemic is inflicting on the hospitality industry. One servicer alone has received 2,000 workout requests in the past month.

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Home BancShares' chief takes pay cut

04/24/20

Johnny Allison, the Arkansas company's chairman and CEO, agreed to reduce his base salary by 20%.

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U.K. challenger bank Monzo applies for U.S. banking license

04/24/20

The neobank, which has been operating in the U.S. since last year with partner Sutton Bank, hopes to get a bank charter within two years.

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Fed’s near-zero rates to last into 2023, economists predict

04/24/20

Economists also expect the Fed's balance sheet to more than $10 trillion as policymakers look to lift the country from a recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Congress was right to freeze CECL

04/24/20

Banks would have drowned if lawmakers hadn't delayed the new accounting standard during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mnuchin says U.S. has no plans for mortgage servicer lifeline

04/24/20

The Treasury secretary said recent government moves will help the firms get through the risk of millions of borrowers missing their loan payments.

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American Express prepared for a downturn—but not like this

04/24/20

"We're now in a different world," Stephen Squeri, chairman and CEO of Amex, said during the card brand's first-quarter earnings call.

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