Bankruptcy Blogs

Four perspectives on bitcoinmania

12/22/17

Is it a bubble? Is it a fraud? There are many ways to look at the highly volatile bitcoin, few of them banker-friendly.

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Chasing rewards: Credit card use accelerates as debit slows

12/22/17

Both in dollar and transaction volume, credit card use is growing at a faster pace than debit use. Much of the growth is coming from affluent consumers who value rewards like 2% cash back on purchases.

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Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax cut

12/22/17

The legislation — and public perceptions of it — are expected to play a major role in 2018 elections that will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress.

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CIT's Alemany and JPM's O’Connor end the year on a high note

12/22/17

It was a good year for CIT’s Ellen Alemany and JPM’s Sandie O’Connor, but Arjuna Capital’s Natasha Lamb hopes next year will be better. Mary Mack gets a bigger role at Wells Fargo, and Zoe Cruz gets a new one at Ripple. Plus, is Harvey Weinstein really Meryl Streep’s fault?

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FinTech2018: AI, Blockchain, and the Cloud

12/22/17

This report examines how technology spending at banks are set to climb again in 2018 with budget growth at small banks exceeding that of large banks.

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Card networks must give banks, merchants a vote on fraud prevention

12/22/17

Companies like Visa and Mastercard make decisions about security in secrecy, without enough input from banks and merchants.

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UBS ordered to pay $903,000 for firing mortgage market analyst

12/22/17

Former top commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist Trevor Murray accused the Swiss lender of illegally firing him in 2012 for blowing the whistle on attempts by traders to influence his research reports.

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Swiss regulator slams JPM; Fannie, Freddie get a boost

12/22/17

Bank allegedly “seriously breached” anti-money laundering rules; mortgage agencies will be permitted to retain $3 billion capital buffer.

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‘Financial reports must have been fictional’: Comments of the week

12/21/17

Readers sound off on Mick Mulvaney’s plan to hire political appointees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, question what’s behind the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago, react to an argument that Equifax must endure, and more.

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CFPB halts implementation of prepaid rule to consider changes

12/21/17

Moments after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would reopen its mortgage disclosure rule, the bureau announced that the effective date for the prepaid rule would similarly be scrapped.

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