Bankruptcy Blogs

Barclays puts in sensors to see which bankers are at their desks

08/18/17

The company says the tracking devices are a way to reduce office space and know when shared workstations are free, but "hot-desking" also raises questions about whether employees are being spied on.

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Timeless lessons from the first black woman to start a bank

08/18/17

A recent tribute to Maggie Walker came more than a century after she founded St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Va. But it fittingly coincided with the first anniversary of the #BankBlack movement and offers a counterweight to the racial strife that just occurred less than 100 miles away in Charlottesville.

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HUD in limbo: Top jobs unconfirmed, key decisions unmade

08/18/17

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is facing a leadership crisis as top jobs go unfilled, leaving key decisions unresolved.

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Choke Point is officially over, Justice Department says

08/18/17

The Trump administration says it has put a stop to Operation Choke Point, a controversial initiative aimed at discouraging financial institutions from servicing high-risk businesses.

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'He should never have joined': Comments of the week

08/18/17

Readers weigh in on the end of President Trump's business councils, what the Charlottesville, Va., clashes mean for banks, OSHA's mishandling of Wells Fargo whistleblower claims, community banks' embrace of blockchain, and more.

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Last-minute regs may compound balance-sheet woes of Europe's banks

08/18/17

The latest draft of EU securitization rules would ban securitization of loans where borrowers certified their own income, raising concerns about banks’ ability to unload roughly $1 trillion of nonperformers.

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8 times payments clashed with politics

08/18/17

The simple act of moving money can have a big impact on any political movement, so banks and payment networks are often caught up in issues of national importance. Here are some recent instances where payments and politics came head-to-head.

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Social media: It’s not just for chasing consumers anymore

08/18/17

Interactive Facebook ads and Twitter chats can complement — and sometimes outdo — traditional marketing and networking in the recruitment of commercial clients, financial institutions say.

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Leverage ratio harms banks’ role as safe haven in a crisis

08/18/17

In times of economic stress, customers tend to flood the U.S. banking system with deposits. But the leverage ratio penalizes banks for conducting this core banking function.

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B of A settles mortgage case; unrewarding rewards?

08/18/17

The bank agrees to pay $6 million to a California couple a judge said was illegally foreclosed on; do rewards programs help or hurt card issuers?

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