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CIT’s Alemany shuffles consumer banking, business lending execs

01/24/18

The New York company named two new members to its executive committee as it splits oversight of business capital and consumer banking into separate jobs.

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CFPB seeks comment on how it investigates firms

01/24/18

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a request for information Wednesday seeking comment on the bureau's process for investigating companies that face possible enforcement actions.

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Discover's 4Q marked by strong loan growth, higher expenses

01/24/18

The credit card lender said late payments increased during the quarter but that it expects them to level off in 2018.

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Two new payment firms try out Ripple's cryptocurrency

01/24/18

Plans by IDT and MercuryFX to test XRP for cross-border payments are another vote of confidence for Ripple’s products.

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Online lender with focus on veteran-owned businesses raises $23M

01/24/18

StreetShares seeks to tap into the loyalties of military veterans, bringing together borrowers and savers through an online platform.

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Reactions to Mulvaney memo range from elation to disgust

01/24/18

Many in the industry applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new mission statement shifting the agency's focus away from using enforcement actions as a substitute for rules of the road.

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Digital-banking veteran joins BankMobile at key moment

01/24/18

The addition of Bob Savino as chief product officer comes as BankMobile is poised to spin off from Customers Bancorp and merge with Flagship Community Bank.

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N.J., Michigan lawmakers introduce bills to create state-owned banks

01/24/18

Both proposals aim to establish institutions that would be modeled after Bank of North Dakota, the nation's only public bank.

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Weak spot in banks' earnings: Fee income

01/24/18

Net interest income has surged thanks to rising rates, but noninterest income has lagged as trading revenue has weakened, refi demand has softened and fees from deposit service charges have barely budged. Is this the new normal?

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Bank of America launches APIs for corporate clients

01/24/18

Enterprise customers will be able to send payment data to the bank through an application programming interface, rather than as XML or Swift files.

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