Bankruptcy Blogs

More faces of the financial crisis: Where are they now? (Banker edition)

07/31/18

Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein remain prominent public figures, but many other crisis-era CEOs have kept low profiles over the past decade.

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How much of an earnings boost did banks get from the tax cut?

07/31/18

Depending on the asset class, about 11% to 18% of earnings per share came from tax savings. The looming question is how do they top themselves in 2019 when tax rates don’t change like they did this year.

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M&A opportunities are plentiful for Horizon Bancorp in Indiana

07/31/18

Despite ongoing industry consolidation, the company still expects to have at least 10 chances each year to buy another bank.

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Fintech vendors keep reinventing themselves, and banks struggle to keep up

07/31/18

Vendors keep merging, and new ones keep forming. For banks, the change brings access to more options, but shorter relationships.

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Senate panel to vote on Kraninger's CFPB nomination

07/31/18

Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, has been heavily criticized by Democrats on the panel over her ties to the administration's family-separation policy at the border.

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CleanFund paves way to AAA on commercial PACE securitization

07/31/18

Most providers of property assessed clean energy financing shoot for relatively modest credit ratings in the securitization market. But CleanFund wanted to set itself apart.

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After years of debate, OCC to offer fintech charter

07/31/18

The decision, unveiled just hours after the Treasury Department endorsed the charter concept, means some fintech firms could soon be regulated more like banks.

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Senate passes flood insurance extension hours before deadline

07/31/18

Lawmakers authorized a four-month extension less than a day before the program was set to expire.

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Ohio governor signs law aimed at reining in high-cost lenders

07/31/18

The state follows Colorado’s lead in adopting reforms pushed by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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FHFA extends comment period on GSE capital proposal

07/31/18

The agency said multiple stakeholders had requested more time to evaluate the proposal.

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