Bankruptcy Blogs

To Report or Not to Report – Is it Really A Question?

06/06/17

In a May 15, 2017 Bankruptcy Court decision (Gardens Decision) from California’s Central District (In re Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. (Bankr. C.D.Cal., May 15, 2017, No. 1617463), Judge Ernest M.

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CFPB's Cordray threatened with contempt charges by House panel

06/06/17

A GOP House Financial Services Committee report alleges that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray lied about the bureau's investigation into the Wells Fargo scandal.

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Senate Dems optimistic about bipartisan approach to reg relief

06/06/17

The Senate Banking Committee may pass a number of small legislative proposals to help banks and credit unions, but the panel is still figuring out what sort of package can ultimately be agreed upon, top Democrats said Tuesday.

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FASB opens door — slightly — to changes in loan-loss reserves

06/06/17

The accounting board has scheduled a meeting that bankers hope will produce eleventh-hour modifications to reserving requirements.

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Dems press HUD nominee on proposed budget cuts

06/06/17

President Trump's nominee to be the No. 2 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development faced tough questions on a proposed $6 billion cut to the department's budget.

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Can FDIC resolution powers be reformed instead of axed?

06/06/17

Ahead of a vote on a bill that would eliminate orderly liquidation authority, supporters of those powers are proposing changes to make it more palatable to conservatives.

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The middle market: A good refuge in lean times for commercial lenders

06/06/17

Citizens Financial is going out of market to find midsize business in need of credit or advisory services in uncertain times. It is a good example of the resiliency that regional banks are showing amid softer loan demand, Washington gridlock and still-low interest rates.

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TIAA ventures into robo advising in Main Street push

06/06/17

TIAA, the nearly 100-year-old retirement and insurance company, is starting an online robo-adviser this week, making it the latest firm to use automated advice to win customers in a rapidly changing asset-management industry.

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Interest on Fed reserves is the wrong market policy to criticize

06/06/17

The expansion of the Federal Reserve’s portfolio of Treasury debt and mortgage-backed securities has a bigger impact on the credit markets than paying banks interest on excess reserves.

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Proxy challenge at Wayne Savings fails by narrow margin

06/06/17

Stilwell Group, which has been pressuring the Ohio company to sell itself, fell 36,000 votes shy of taking a board seat.

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