Bankruptcy Blogs

Bearish car-sales forecast gets lenders' attention

09/25/17

Chemical Financial and Fidelity Southern are the latest banks to curtail auto lending, blaming trends in auto sales and overheated competition.

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Stop the emails: How this small bank streamlined project management

09/25/17

Out-of-control email chains, long meetings, haphazard approaches — that was project "management" at Exchange Bank in California. It took five years, but those things have changed.

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Online lending is 'natural evolution of banking': OCC's Noreika

09/25/17

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika on Monday gave a ringing endorsement to online lenders seeking to expand into banking, suggesting they should consider taking deposits and seek out national bank charters as they mature.

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Better late than never: Colorado bank exits Tarp

09/25/17

Grand Mountain Bank raised $7 million to help it exit the crisis-era capital program.

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The rise and fall of Equifax; JPM plans Polish expansion

09/25/17

Ironically, the credit bureau’s rise was built on promise to safeguard customers’ most sensitive information; bank to build global ops center in Warsaw.

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Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 5, Charles Schwab's Marie Chandoha

09/25/17

Charles Schwab was founded to open up Wall Street to the masses, and Marie Chandoha has embraced that mission.

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The Women to Watch: No. 5, TD's Ellen Patterson

09/25/17

Ellen Patterson is one of just 21 TD employees with an EVP title globally and the only female EVP based in the United States.

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Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 6, Discover's Diane Offereins

09/25/17

Diane Offereins manages relationships with 1,000 merchants and 3,300 financial institutions.

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Branch transformation is a 'journey' at Bank of the West

09/25/17

The job descriptions of Bank of the West's branch employees are about to change substantially, so each of them is getting a 'passport' as a way to record the journey ahead.

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Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 20, Aon's Cary Grace

09/25/17

Even now, as CEO of global retirement and investment solutions at Aon, leading a team that serves clients with more than $4.2 trillion in assets overall, Cary Grace is incredulous at some of the things she encounters as a woman in the world of financial services.

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