Bankruptcy Blogs

Small-business challenger bank BlueVine raises $102.5 million

11/19/19

The startup — whose backers include CitiVentures, SVB Capital and Microsoft's venture fund — says it's building an end-to-end platform for small businesses that integrates loans, checking, payments and other services.

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U.S. banking regulators taking harder look at climate change

11/18/19

In recent months federal regulators have been speaking out on the risks that extreme weather events pose to the financial system, something their European counterparts have been doing for some time.

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'We don't hear people say, I love my bank'

11/18/19

Bryce VanDiver and Daniela Hawkins at Capco make the case that offering easy-to-use payment rewards is the way to win the loyalty of digital-only customers.

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It's a seller's market in the Carolinas

11/18/19

United Bankshares in West Virginia was willing to pay a healthy premium for Carolina Financial, one of a dwindling number of available banks with more than $4 billion in assets.

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Indicted ex-banker says warrant to search iPhone was tainted

11/18/19

Stephen Calk, who faces a bribery charge in connection with loans his bank made to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, is asking a judge to suppress evidence that prosecutors obtained from his mobile phone.

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Trump Administration Declares Open Season on Consumers for Subprime Lenders

11/18/19
The Trump administration has just proposed a rule that declares open season on consumers for subprime lenders.
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OCC offers roadmap for banks to bypass ‘Madden’ ruling

11/18/19

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed Monday steps for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.

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USAA won $200M from Wells Fargo in patent fight. Will others be on the hook?

11/18/19

The remote deposit capture tech at the center of the dispute is used by 6,500 institutions. That may mean other institutions will have to pay licensing fees to USAA.

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United in W.Va. to make big Carolinas push with latest bank deal

11/18/19

The company will pay $1.1 billion for Carolina Financial in Charleston, S.C., in a deal that will add nearly $5 billion in assets.

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Credit Unions with the Most Deposits

11/18/19

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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