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HomeStreet investor pressing to separate chairman and CEO roles

02/26/18

Blue Lion Capital, which is upset with the Seattle company's growth strategy, also wants to replace two of the company's directors.

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Crypto poised to take over gun sales if banks bow out

02/26/18

As financial services companies cool on gun sales, alternative currencies may step in to pick up the slack.

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How to rebuff an activist investor's challenge

02/26/18

Judges recently ordered two banks to pay the legal fees for activist investors after certain roadblocks backfired. Their missteps can serve as a lesson for other skittish institutions.

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FHA premium cut would make homes less affordable, not more

02/26/18

The agency should resist renewed calls to lower insurance premiums. Doing so would increase demand and raise home prices, negating any proposed benefits.

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Citi to compensate card customers; BB&T wrestles with technical glitches

02/26/18

Citi will refund $335 million to cardholders whose rates weren’t lowered; customers had trouble with BB&T’s online and phone services and ATMs.

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Break's over: Congress returns to full banking-policy plate

02/26/18

The clock starts ticking this week on a busy agenda of financial services priorities on Capitol Hill, including passing reforms to Dodd-Frank, overhauling the housing finance system and confirming key regulators.

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Central Bank Immunity - Don't Miss

02/25/18

This is an important intervention about a massively important topic that comes up over and over again in sovereign restructurings, and will come up in more and more interesting ways in the next few years.

Short version here.

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Virgin Money's dynamic duo and a new crypto collective

02/24/18

Cheers to Irene Dorner, who gives Virgin Money its new status as the only major British company with a female chairman-CEO duo. Cryptocurrency is on the minds of some smart women, and Simple tries to be awesome enough to overcome consumer apathy.

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How the House can still shape reg relief talks

02/23/18

As a bipartisan regulatory relief bill approaches the finish line in the Senate, the House has stood relatively on the sidelines. But no one expects the lower chamber to just rubber-stamp the deal.

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