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First Republic sells student-loan repayment business Gradifi to E-Trade

12/09/19

The sale comes just three years after the San Francisco bank bought the platform.

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OCC flags risks from banks' tech overhaul, Libor transition

12/09/19

The agency’s semiannual report warned institutions to be mindful of operational risks from the innovation in core banking systems, and detailed supervisory steps to monitor the adoption of a new reference rate.

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Big tech banking plans may pose risk to financial stability: FSB

12/09/19

The international regulatory group said that despite some benefits from tech firms' incursion, the companies' efforts may present operational and disruption risks.

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One bank’s move to embrace transgender consumers

12/09/19

BMO Harris Bank in Chicago recently became the first financial institution to offer a Mastercard that allows transgender and nonbinary people to use their preferred names. Members of that community often experience disproportionate financial hardship, in part because of employment discrimination.

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Community Banks with the Largest First Mortgage Portfolios

12/09/19

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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Libra: The opening act of a modern regulatory drama

12/09/19

Facebook’s stablecoin initiative has inspired countless ideas about how to put fintech under the control of federal regulators. Here are the most critical questions.

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Community Banks with the Largest C&I Loan Portfolios

12/09/19

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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Sterling in Michigan suspends mortgage program

12/09/19

The company will hold off on making loans under the Advantage Loan program as it conducts an audit and implements new policies and procedures.

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Repo blowup was fueled by big banks and hedge funds, BIS Says

12/09/19

The market was upended because the largest banks hold more liquid assets in Treasuries than at the Fed, limiting their ability to supply repo funding on short notice, according to a new analysis from the Bank for International Settlements.

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Paul Volcker, former Fed chairman who inspired bank risk rule, dies at 92

12/09/19

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who broke the back of U.S. inflation in the 1980s and three decades later led President Barack Obama’s bid to rein in the investment risk-taking of commercial banks, has died.

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