Bankruptcy Blogs

Fed 'independence' is a slippery slope

03/21/19

The role of the central bank has changed over the decades, but presidential pressure on the Fed has been a constant.

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Ronald Paul retires as Eagle Bancorp CEO, citing health issue

03/21/19

Paul, one of American Banker's Community Bankers of the Year in 2012, made Eagle a formidable Washington-area institution.

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Direct lenders ready to step in where Brexit makes banks retreat

03/21/19

Direct lenders are gearing up for more business in the U.K. as they see banks shrinking their sterling corporate loan books in the wake of Brexit-linked volatility and slower economic growth.

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UBS warns on Q1 revenue; Deutsche’s U.S. workers ‘on edge’

03/21/19

The Swiss bank’s CEO calls the trading environment “one of the worst in recent history”; 10,000 of German bank's U.S. employees fret over their future.

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Restatement of Consumer Contracts—On-Line Symposium

03/21/19

The Yale Journal on Regulation is holding an on-line symposium about the draft Restatement of the Law of Consumer Contracts, which is scheduled for a vote at the American Law Institute's annual meeting this May.  The launching point for the symposium are a pair of articles in JREG that take sharp issue with the empirical studies that underlie the draft Restatement.

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Housing advocates surprisingly upbeat on FHFA nominee

03/20/19

Mark Calabria has notably criticized the government’s role in housing, but some groups have taken him at his word when he told senators that he supported affordable housing initiatives.

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Is this the real reason big banks have upper hand in deposit growth?

03/20/19

Big banks’ edge lies in their sizable presence in faster-growing cities, not any unfair structural or regulatory advantages, according to a new report by the Bank Policy Institute, which represents large financial services companies. Community banks beg to differ.

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Supreme Court ruling in foreclosure case is a win for lenders

03/20/19

In a unanimous ruling, the court placed new limits on the ability of consumers to sue law firms that handle foreclosures on behalf of mortgage servicers.

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First Bank in N.J. to buy bank based just miles away

03/20/19

First Bank is removing a competitor by agreeing to acquire Grand Bank for $19 million.

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World's top banks increased fossil-fuel financing in 2018

03/20/19

U.S. banks accounted for nearly 40% of the financing worldwide to such firms, according to a report by Rainforest Action Network.

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