Bankruptcy Blogs

Banks didn't cause the shutdown — why are they on the defensive?

01/24/19

The question of what banks are doing to aid government workers shows how the industry is still struggling to rebuild its image following the crisis.

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Wells Fargo hires outsider to run Western branches after scandal

01/24/19

Wells Fargo named Steve Troutner head of the community bank's U.S. Western region, one of the unit's most senior outside hires since a scandal over bogus accounts erupted more than two years ago.

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Commerce secretary on unpaid federal workers: Let them get loans

01/24/19

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said unpaid federal workers could borrow to tide themselves over during the government shutdown rather than call in sick to earn a paycheck elsewhere.

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U.S. bank CEOs see Fed staying the course after market chaos

01/24/19

Leaders of the biggest U.S. banks don’t see 2018’s wild ending as reason enough for the Federal Reserve to reverse course.

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Texas Capital to halt leveraged lending as losses mount

01/24/19

The Dallas company boosted its loan-loss provision in the fourth quarter to cover deteriorating leveraged loans, causing it to miss profit estimates.

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CFPB's No. 3 to depart, join New York AG

01/24/19

Chris D’Angelo, the CFPB's associate director of supervision, enforcement and fair lending, is leaving the bureau after eight years to become a chief deputy attorney general in New York state.

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C&I, mortgages drive East West's 4Q loan growth

01/24/19

The surge in new lending at the Pasadena, Calif., company offset rising deposit costs and sluggish fee-income growth.

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Fed should open the payments system to fintechs

01/24/19

There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.

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Fed examines Deutsche’s Danske role; Wells loses another executive

01/24/19

The bank says regulators want information about its possible role in the money laundering scandal; Kristi Mitchem moves to BMO Global Asset Management.

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Zelle's volume surges, but there's a catch

01/24/19

The bank-led P2P network Zelle saw its strongest quarterly growth during the fourth quarter of 2018, as payment volume rose nearly 60 percent to $119 billion for the year. But a significant amount of this volume comes from just one bank.

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