Bankruptcy Blogs

Popular in Puerto Rico urged by activist investor to sell

12/10/19

Raging Capital Management also urged the company's board to repurchase stock and think about selling a minority stake in the payments processor Evertec.

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Fidelity D & D entering Pennsylvania market with MNB acquisition

12/10/19

The company will gain branches in Northampton County as part of the $79 million deal.

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Money laundering battle drives Japan banks to JPMorgan’s network

12/10/19

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s blockchain-based information network for payments is drawing the greatest interest in Japan, a country long blamed for weak measures against money laundering.

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Fighting terrorism while helping immigrants a tricky balancing act

12/10/19

The leader of a new Compliance and Payments Task Force dives into how it will address emerging issues of counterterrorism financing in the digital age.

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Morgan Stanley to cut jobs; big banks making progress on replacing Libor

12/10/19

The Wall Street bank to shed 1,500 spots ahead of an uncertain 2020; smaller and regional banks are lagging behind but expect to increase their focus next year

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Elizabeth Warren's Work in the CMC Heartland Case

12/09/19

Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy work continues to be in the news, now with a Washington Post article on her work in the CMC Heartland case. Unfortunately, the Washington Post completely misses the point about why Elizabeth decided to work on this case.

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To ignore Gen Z is ‘to flirt with irrelevance’: Wells Fargo exec

12/09/19

Businesses need to shift focus away from millennials and toward the next age group, which is expected to be so demanding that business processes will have to be overhauled, says Julia Carreon, the bank's managing director of digital and fiduciary operations.

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Rumblings of Texas M&A wave after high-profile deal

12/09/19

The Independent Bank-Texas Capital merger could prompt other banks in the state to consider selling or buying.

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The end of the UFCA?

12/09/19

Governor Cuomo has signed into law New York's version of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (UVTA). Does this mean I don't have to talk about the UFCA in my bankruptcy classes anymore?

It also means that both California and NY are on the UVTA, which may be the beginning of the end for the UFTA.

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Paul Volcker's impact on banks was bigger than just one rule

12/09/19

Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker is now synonymous with a provision of the Dodd-Frank law. But his legacy extends well beyond that.

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