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Goldman pays female U.K. staff 56% less than male colleagues

03/16/18

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. pays women in the U.K. an average of 56% less than male colleagues, another stark example of the entrenched gender imbalances in the richest corners of the global economy.

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Mulvaney's revamp of CFPB should include its innovation hub

03/16/18

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's “Project Catalyst,” launched six years ago to help fintech companies navigate regulations, has failed to deliver.

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Hensarling taps the brakes; Who is David Solomon?

03/16/18

House Republicans want more aggressive changes to Senate’s Dodd-Frank rollback bill; papers scrutinize the heir apparent to Lloyd Blankfein.

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'Where does this conclusion come from?': Comments of the week

03/15/18

Readers opine on the prospect of regulatory relief, weigh in on the need for regulators to become more tech savvy, react to HSBC hopping back into U.S. mortgage lending and more.

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Capital One's bot likes 'The Bachelor,' and bankers shrug off Amazonophobia

03/15/18

Eno likes reality TV, says Capital One's head of artificial intelligence. Who's afraid of big, bad Amazon? Not Nandita Bakhshi. Goldman Sachs won’t be breaking any glass ceilings. Plus, a study on sexual harassment in banking.

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Spike in construction lending one likely outcome of reg relief

03/15/18

First the House and now the Senate have included provisions in their regulatory relief bills that bankers say would go a long way toward clearing up confusion over how to treat high-volatility commercial real estate loans.

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What’s driving fintech M&A? See Experian’s recent deals

03/15/18

Legacy financial firms like the big credit bureau are seeking out financial technology to diversify themselves, bring new products to market faster and meet the needs of global customers.

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Think reg relief was hard to pass in Senate? Wait for House

03/15/18

A day after the Senate passed regulatory relief, top House Republicans vowed to have a big say in the final version before the bill heads to the White House. That raised fresh questions about how quickly the Dodd-Frank reforms will become law.

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BankFirst in Miss. buys mortgage services company

03/15/18

BankFirst Financial Services in Columbus, Miss., has acquired HomeFirst, a mortgage services firm.

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Include short-term loan repayment in credit scores

03/15/18

Use of alternative data in traditional credit scoring would help consumers access the banking system and lower their cost of credit.

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