Bankruptcy Blogs

Ally seizes opportunity in used-car lending

04/26/18

Record originations on "better-yielding" used-car loans helped drive a 14% increase in its first-quarter profit. But Ally's shares were down Thursday on concerns of rising deposit costs.

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Treasury’s Phillips pleads for caution on implementing Basel standards

04/26/18

The senior official said U.S. regulatory agencies should not rush to complete certain final aspects of Basel III, to prevent the new standards from conflicting with existing rules.

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Hensarling signals he may leave Senate reg relief bill unchanged

04/26/18

The senior GOP lawmaker appeared to acknowledge concerns that expanding the bill could harm Democratic support.

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Kabbage plan in Orchard deal: Expand offerings to banks, small businesses

04/26/18

Using Orchard’s data science smarts, Kabbage intends to offer new payment products to small businesses and loan portfolio insights to financial institution partners.

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Gun issue is a lose-lose for banks (whatever their stance)

04/26/18

On one hand, banks could face regulatory pressure to restrict services to the firearms industry. But banks that take a strong stand also risk the wrath of GOP lawmakers opposed to such restrictions.

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Serial acquirer back on track after years in penalty box

04/26/18

Dan Rollins engineered nearly a dozen deals while at Prosperity Bank. Now CEO at BancorpSouth, he has returned to M&A after spending four frustrating years dealing with compliance issues.

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Fintech needs more regulatory 'sandboxes'

04/26/18

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

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What's behind Citi's surge in mobile app users

04/26/18

Alice Milligan, its chief digital client experience officer, said the company dedicated itself to delivering what customers really want and that more features are on the way.

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BofA says 151 employees were affected by mass shootings in U.S.

04/26/18

Bank of America's new policy denying loans and other services to certain gun makers came after dozens of employees lost family members or suffered other trauma related to mass shootings in the past few years, CEO Brian Moynihan said.

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Deutsche Bank scales back U.S. ambitions to focus on Europe

04/26/18

The measures will lead to a “significant reduction” in the roughly 97,100-person workforce this year, the German banking giant said.

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