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JPM settles with CFPB; CBOE looks to trade bitcoin futures

08/03/17

The bank agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle charges it didn't tell consumers why their checking account applications were rejected; Winklevoss brothers to supply bitcoin data to Chicago exchange.

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Kabbage raises $250 million equity round, its largest to date

08/03/17

Online lending platform Kabbage announced Thursday it has raised $250 million from Japanese telecom giant SoftBank, marking its largest equity fundraising round to date.

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Georgia Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Mortgage Lenders Over Homeowners in Important Decision

08/03/17

http://www.thebklawyer.com/thebkblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/shocked-... 300w" sizes="(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px" />A 2017 ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court most likely represents a significant weakening to a

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Venezuela Is Like ... (Part I)

08/03/17

Market and civil society observers have taken Venezuelan debt restructuring as a certainty for more than two years, putting it in contention for the world’s slowest train wreck and quite possibly the messiest.

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Nonbanks seize on new source of funding for multifamily lending

08/02/17

So-called transitional lending has traditionally been kept on balance sheet; but it’s become attractive to bundle the loans for transactions called (take a deep breath) commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations. Can investors stomach the features these deals sported before the crisis?

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Wells Fargo gets N.Y. state subpoenas over car insurance scandal

08/02/17

The Department of Financial Services and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are both inquiring.

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Is the Fed’s community banker seat worth the trouble?

08/02/17

The Federal Reserve Board has to have a community banker among its members. But that may be complicating the president's ability to fill vacant seats at the central bank.

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Beware the return of the ILC

08/02/17

Events of the past decade demonstrate that further tearing down firewalls between banking and non-banking businesses would be a huge mistake.

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CFPB fines JPM $4.6M for checking account denials

08/02/17

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered JPMorgan Chase to pay a $4.6 million fine for failing to provide accurate information when denying checking account applicants.

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High-cost installment loans: No improvement over payday loans

08/02/17

With the environment in Washington favoring deregulation, banks are pushing regulators to let them back into the payday lending game. They should know better.

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