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BofI in Calif. to rebrand its bank, most products

08/27/18

The decision to adopt the name Axos Bank seems to put more distance between the company and its Internet roots.

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Lending rebound fades; Wells cuts jobs in mortgage unit

08/27/18

Small and midsize banks are most at risk as commercial loan volume fails to ignite; the cutbacks are partly the result of lower origination volume.

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5 ways the World Economic Forum says AI is changing banking

08/26/18

The forum, which is best known for its annual Davos economic conference, offers insights on what many get wrong about artificial intelligence and how banks should be thinking about using it.

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Comerica scrambles to address fraud in prepaid benefits program

08/26/18

The Texas bank, which partners with the U.S. Treasury to dispense federal benefits via prepaid cards, is alleged to have dropped the ball as hundreds of cardholders say their money was forwarded to fraudsters posing as them.

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How to tell if you're banking a pot business

08/24/18

Many financial institutions are unaware that they're banking marijuana-related businesses, pot bankers and regtech experts say.

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Chase Bank hit with downgrade over jumbo mortgage underwriting, fintech gaps

08/24/18

Moody's Investors Service downgraded JPMorgan Chase's prime jumbo mortgage originator assessment to its second-highest rating, citing the bank's growing reliance on correspondents with delegated underwriting authority and shortcomings in its technology infrastructure.

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Wells Fargo to cut over 600 mortgage employees on lower volume

08/24/18

Wells Fargo & Co. is cutting 638 mortgage employees as the nation’s largest home lender contends with a slowdown in the business.

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KeyBank to use Mastercard's AI approval tool

08/24/18

KeyBank will deploy Mastercard's advanced transaction decisioning technology, boosting the card network's push into artificial intelligence-powered authorization.

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Big acquirers find it harder to justify smaller deals

08/24/18

Larger community banks are favoring bigger targets — or relying more on organic growth — to expand.

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Pets and Financial Distress

08/24/18

Last weekend, The New York Times published an opinion piece about animal shelters, Are We Loving Shelter Dogs to Death? It highlighted the sad reality that nationwide shelters are horribly overcrowded.

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