Bankruptcy Blogs

Cryptocurrency markets are a blur. SEC can do something about it

03/21/18

Confusion over whether certain digital currency transactions are considered securities is shutting many U.S. investors out of initial coin offerings and spurring illegal behavior.

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Breaking Banks: SXSW takeaways; Amazon's banking bid

03/21/18

Doug Nielsen from U.S. Bank joins Brett King to talk about SXSW 2018; Jim Marous weighs in on Amazon's plans for a checking account.

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National Commerce adds heft in Florida with Premier Community purchase

03/21/18

The Alabama company will enter Sarasota, Fla., after buying Premier for $52 million.

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MutualFirst in Ind. reaches compromise with activist investor

03/21/18

Ancora Advisors will place a representative on MutualFirst's board in exchange for supporting the company's director nominees and other policies.

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Deregulation seen likely; CFPB, FTC to monitor debt collectors

03/21/18

GOP senators push House colleagues not to change Dodd-Frank rollback bill; agencies respond to consumer complaints about debt collectors.

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Two banks take equity stakes in online student lender CommonBond

03/21/18

Fifth Third and First Republic are among the investors in the company’s $50 million equity round.

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Jets, personal drivers, champagne checkups: Perks for today’s bank CEOs

03/20/18

Many of the industry’s top executives — at big and regional banks alike — enjoy premium perks, including personal travel on corporate aircraft and minimal wait times for fancy medical exams. Here’s an overview of the special items disclosed to investors so far this year.

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FHA is making progress on False Claims Act concerns: Carson

03/20/18

HUD Secretary Ben Carson told lawmakers that overly rigid False Claims Act enforcement had forced lenders to suffer financially for what were just minor errors, but that lenders' fears of being sued were dissipating.

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QCR Holdings in Ill. to buy family of financial firms

03/20/18

The $6 million acquisition will add four businesses with a total of $700 million in assets under management.

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A CFPB commission will never fly

03/20/18

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have long sought to convert its leadership structure from a single director to a five-member commission. Here’s why the idea is dead on arrival.

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