Bankruptcy Blogs

Northern Trust adds auditing to distributed ledger

03/19/18

The bank’s distributed ledger for private equity deals can now provide nodes to auditors, so they can easily access documents and data for their annual reviews.

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Community Banks with the Largest Portfolios of Home Equity Loans

03/19/18

On Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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Community Banks with the Largest Farm Loan Portfolios

03/19/18

On Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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Amazon is the least of banking’s problems

03/19/18

Banks need to figure out how to provide more value to customers or nonbank financial services companies could displace them.

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Goldman releases U.K. pay gap data; Wells targeted again

03/19/18

The bank is the latest to report required pay discrepancies in their British units; the DOJ and SEC are looking into sales practices at the bank’s wealth management unit.

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How Amazon is shaking up financial services

03/18/18

The e-commerce giant is muscling its way into a number of businesses that banks have long dominated.

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Warren keeps pressure on CFPB’s Mulvaney with new letter

03/16/18

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised ethics concerns about Mick Mulvaney's dual role leading both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget.

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CRE bridge lending is white hot. What could possibly go wrong?

03/16/18

Nonbanks are originating more commercial mortgages on fixer-uppers in response to a sharp drop in the cost of funding in the securitization market. These deals are said to be "vastly different" than other CRE instruments that sustained big losses in the crisis — so far.

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Three private-equity funds sell shares in Texas bank

03/16/18

Independent Bank Group said the funds had become shareholders after it bought Carlile Bancshares last year.

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Federal probe extends into Wells Fargo’s wealth business: Report

03/16/18

The FBI has reportedly interviewed employees at the bank’s wealth management unit.

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