Bankruptcy Blogs

De novo field widens with S.C. group's application

06/08/17

Beacon Community Bank aims to become the first bank to open in Charleston, S.C., in a decade.

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JPMorgan COO’s departure narrows field of likely Dimon successors

06/08/17

The duties of Matt Zames, whose departure was announced Thursday, will be split up among several members of JPMorgan Chase’s operating committee.

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Senate appears long way off from reg relief

06/08/17

Senators on both sides of the aisle paid lip service Thursday to giving relief to community banks and credit unions, but didn't appear closer to specifics of what would be in a bill.

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Citi's Milligan and goal-based apps; Goldman's diversity efforts

06/08/17

Digital Banker of the Year finalist Alice Milligan is creating apps meant to help Americans achieve their life dreams. Goldman Sachs’ global head of human capital management Sally Boyle says the firm is focusing diversity efforts on promoting women in revenue-generating divisions.

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FHA premium reduction remains on hold: Carson

06/08/17

HUD secretary Carson tells lawmakers that the FHA's capital ratio is on an "upward trajectory," but he hasn't made a decision on another premium reduction.

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These banks could be for sale

06/08/17

Here are 10 banks the investment banking firm KBW says are ripe M&A targets because they are in hot markets, face various growth challenges that make them vulnerable or have private-equity owners looking to cash out.

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Democrats wary of GOP flood insurance proposals

06/08/17

Democrats are raising concerns about a Republican push to transfer more of the risk of flood insurance to private insurers.

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Risks in uninsured Canadian mortgages on rise, may stem from reforms

06/08/17

Not only is the uninsured sector growing, but the Bank of Canada is seeing some riskier mortgages within that area as it studies recent disruptions in the market.

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Ex-HSBC banker arrested in U.K. in American foreign-exchange case

06/08/17

Stuart Scott was apprehended at the request of the American government as part of a probe into foreign-exchange-trading practices.

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The future of authentication is biometrics. No other model competes

06/08/17

The username and password are dying. Only biometrics can unify the age-old opposing forces of user experience and digital security in replacing an antiquated method.

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