Bankruptcy Blogs

CFPB arbitration rule will still pose costs to consumers

09/05/17

In a deregulatory environment, a rule that better enables consumers to bring class actions could lead to an explosion of litigation, which will affect product availability and pricing.

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How this bank’s anti-laundering blunders became a ‘sales tool’

09/05/17

Nothing like revelations of a client’s Ponzi scheme that lead to your bank paying $4 million in anti-money-laundering fines. That’s what happened at Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, but its CEO argues its compliance overhaul has given the bank a competitive advantage in cosmopolitan New York and South Florida.

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Harvey makes Trump rethink draining swamp at HUD

09/05/17

The long-term recovery for thousands of Texans whose homes were decimated by Hurricane Harvey rests with a Trump administration government outsider who wants his agency's budget cut by billions of dollars.

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Regulatory sandboxes can help states advance fintech

09/05/17

States must recognize how their patchwork of different regimes stifles innovation, but they also have an opportunity to help maintain U.S. competitiveness in the global fintech marketplace.

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Automating mortgage loan processing

09/05/17

Helping to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction while limiting cycle time and costly errors.

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Cordray skirts gubernatorial talk; no more SIFIs?

09/05/17

CFPB director gives political speech but avoids saying if he will run for governor in Ohio; Treasury is looking into getting rid of the "too big to fail" label.

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Will fintech create a small-business-loan utopia?

09/05/17

Karen Mills, former head of the Small Business Administration, says the glut of online lenders could help entrepreneurs obtain funds quickly.

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Houston-area banker played heroic role in Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts

09/04/17

Brent Cockerham of Moody National Bank ferried stranded residents to safety in Friendswood, Texas, one of the communities hit hardest by the storm.

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Debit cards, a trillion in debt, and millennials: What could go wrong?

09/04/17

It sounds like a crazy mix, but Fifth Third says its new app would help young consumers round up debit card purchases and apply the money to their burdensome student debts. The motivation to attract millennials is clear, but will it work?

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N.Y. Fed's Dudley failed to disclose sibling worked at Wells Fargo

09/01/17

A law firm hired by the New York Fed board concluded that Dudley’s error was "inadvertent," and that while it violated the reserve bank's own code of conduct, it did not violate federal statutes.

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