Bankruptcy Blogs

Fed plan to ease capital rules courting disaster: Bair, Hoenig

04/27/18

The outgoing No. 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the agency's former chair say the proposed changes would increase the likelihood of another financial crisis.

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CRE borrowers are repaying early, and that's a problem for banks

04/27/18

Borrowers can get better rates elsewhere, so they're repaying ahead of schedule, leaving banks in the lurch. The steps lenders would have to take to keep the business could be prohibitively expensive.

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Mulvaney's BCFP, Zelle's bumpy ride, BB&T's glitch: Top stories of the week

04/27/18

In addition to changing the name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the acting director wants to also nix public complaints; the good, bad and ugly in Zelle's ascendance; a case study for digital outage recovery; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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FDIC's No. 2 to leave the agency Monday

04/27/18

FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig has been a tough critic of risky practices by big banks and a key voice among federal regulators in support of stronger capital requirements.

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Back from the brink and ready to get back to lending

04/27/18

Porter Bancorp in Kentucky spent years tackling credit and capital issues. As Limestone Bank, it will finally get back on offense.

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Why this community bank took the plunge on a new core platform

04/27/18

Many banks talk about the need to replace legacy core systems, but relatively few go through with it. The CEO of Mechanics Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts explains the case he made to his board that the promise outweighed the risk.

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