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Is fear of fraud holding back faster payments?

11/28/18

Proponents of real-time payments systems say banks must embrace them given consumer demand for more immediacy and transparency, even if criminals will try to exploit them.

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Corporate debt credit standards 'deteriorating,' Fed warns

11/28/18

The amount of debt owed by businesses and the valuations of corporations are elevated, creating a growing source of concern, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

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Are banks' collection departments finally ready for a tech overhaul?

11/28/18

In a world where most financial matters can be handled with a few taps on an app, debt collection appears stuck in the last century.

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Quicken's new credit card lets users track spending in real time

11/28/18

The card is being launched in partnership with U.S. Bancorp, which will handle the underwriting and provide the credit.

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RBC's rising margins push Canadian banking profit to record

11/28/18

Royal Bank of Canada posted its highest domestic net interest margin in five years, pushing quarterly earnings past analysts' estimates and boosting annual profit from its Canadian banking division to a record.

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There's no downplaying the impact of Operation Choke Point

11/28/18

Newly unsealed court documents make clear that regulators forced banks to terminate relationships with payday lenders and other lawful businesses, setting a dangerous precedent.

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CFPB official who quit in anger opens new student loan watchdog

11/28/18

Seth Frotman oversaw the $1.5 trillion student loan market for the Trump administration. Now he's starting his own watchdog group to do what he says the government won't, and he's poaching former colleagues to do it.

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Former CFPB chief Raj Date joins Numerated as investor, adviser

11/28/18

Date, now a venture capitalist, worked with the lending software company's CEO, Dan O'Malley, at Capital One in the 2000s.

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Fed's Bostic warns on fintech; Payday in derivatives

11/28/18

Atlanta Fed chief says consumers don't know the risks of using nonbank payments providers, like Apple Pay; equity derivatives desks will reap rewards of volatility.

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