Bankruptcy Blogs

Great Western agrees to buy Colorado trust business

06/24/19

Independent Bank in Texas, the seller, gained the business after buying Guaranty Bancorp.

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CEO acquitted in financial crisis case; Wedded to debt

06/24/19

Former Barclays CEO John Varley was accused of trying to obtain funds to avoid a government bailout; borrowing to pay for weddings surged last year.

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Facebook, fintech velocity, race for deposits: Digital Banking's big ideas

06/23/19

Facebook's plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency dominated much of the discussion at American Banker's Digital Banking conference last week, but attendees also debated what big tech company might strike next and what future digital innovations are in store.

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Banks sail through year's first round of stress tests

06/21/19

A new set of tougher scenarios did little to keep large banks from passing the most recent stress tests mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Google flirts with bank charter, digital disruption, Truist fallout: Top stories of the week

06/21/19

Google explored the OCC's fintech charter, then walked away; the biggest changes in digital banking could be just ahead; 'Truist' rebrand prompts lawsuit by N.C. credit union; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Large banks hemorrhaged money on mortgage originations in 2018

06/21/19

Large banks had huge losses from originating mortgages in 2018 as costs were three times higher than similar-sized independent lenders, according to research conducted by Stratmor and the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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How JPMorgan's plan to send customers to arbitration wound up in court

06/21/19

A customer who sued Chase over credit card interest charges is now asking a judge to order the bank to stop notifying cardholders about its plan to reinstate arbitration.

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A digital convergence: Where BofA, Disney and Old Spice overlap

06/21/19

Banks are increasingly turning to outsiders like Nikki Katz, a former Disney executive now at Bank of America, and Joel Kashuba, formerly of Procter & Gamble and now at Fifth Third, to help build their digital experiences.

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Seventh Circuit Smackdown of City of Chicago

06/21/19

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals this week released its opinion in In re Fulton, the highly anticipated consolidated appeal of four Chapter 13 cases involving debtors whose cars had been impounded.

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Banks spend $1 trillion on digital, but few reap the rewards

06/21/19

While global banks have been pouring money into information technology — to the tune of $1 trillion over three years — only a handful appear to be fully committed to a digital transformation and are therefore reaping the benefits, according to an Accenture study.

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