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Crowdfunding platform expands into small-business lending

07/26/17

The five-year-old company is offering lines of credit to early-stage consumer brands, which can often only get financing at high interest rates.

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Loan growth on U.S. mainland helps Popular weather P.R. economy

07/26/17

Profits at the Puerto Rico-based company rose in the second quarter, lifted in part by commercial loan growth in its U.S. operations. Popular executives said they have sold off the company’s remaining direct exposure to the island’s central government.

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Executive was key asset in Midwest's biggest merger

07/26/17

First Financial in Ohio is buying MainSource in Indiana — with a twist. MainSource's leader will become CEO.

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CFPB to act fast on payday rule ahead of likely Cordray exit

07/26/17

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to finalize its small-dollar rule by September ahead of Director Richard Cordray's widely expected departure.

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BankUnited does its best to shrug off taxi medallion woes

07/26/17

The Miami Lakes company’s chargeoffs of medallion loans increased fivefold, but profits rose thanks to gains in C&I, CRE and other types of loans.

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Behind Manafort's loans, a chopper pilot who flew into Trump's orbit

07/26/17

He is, by Wall Street standards, a small-time banker. But in 2014, with Donald Trump eyeing a run at the White House, Stephen Calk stepped into the big-money world of New York real estate — and a network of Trump associates.

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Regions adds secured credit card as part of play for underbanked

07/26/17

The new Explore Visa card is seen as a "bridge" to more traditional banking services, said Regions' head of retail products and payments.

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As banks exit mortgage lending field, a nonbank buys into it

07/26/17

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in Virginia Community Bank in a rare instance of a nondepository mortgage company buying a bank, rather than the reverse.

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Hackers breach 400,000 UniCredit bank accounts

07/26/17

UniCredit, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year.

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Banking salaries may jump in Brexit relocations, recruiter says

07/26/17

Banks planning to shift parts of their operations from London to other European cities because of Brexit will have to increase salaries because of a skills shortage, according to the head of a recruitment company.

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