Bankruptcy Blogs

Mnuchin vows no bank breakups; CRA needs an update

05/19/17

The Treasury secretary says the Trump administration doesn't support separating commercial from investment banking; wealthy neighborhoods are designated as low-income, benefitting banks with branches there.

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Puget Sound Bank shuffles execs ahead of CEO's retirement

05/18/17

The Washington company said that Sean Brennan, its president and chief operating officer, will become CEO when Jim Mitchell retires next year.

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Does MoneyGram sale to Chinese firm pose cyber, AML risks?

05/18/17

The Trump administration must weigh risks to national security in its review of the $1.2 billion deal. Its decision will shed light on whether — given the president’s “America First” rhetoric — Chinese investment is still welcome in the U.S. financial services sector.

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Citi's Suni Harford joins UBS; the female entrepreneur penalty

05/18/17

Suni Harford is off to UBS, Nina Fanlo is leaving SoFi, and Shaza Andersen is selling the bank she founded. Also, you should hear how venture capitalists talk about female entrepreneurs.

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Why Wells Fargo is stepping up fintech partnerships now

05/18/17

Wells Fargo is expanding its fintech accelerator so it is better positioned to connect with customers through channels like the internet of things.

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Drilling down on Mnuchin’s first Senate Banking appearance

05/18/17

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was pressed for his views on housing finance reform, what a “modernized” version of the Glass-Steagall Act would look like and a two-tiered regulatory system.

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Wells Fargo, consumers try to rescue bogus-account settlement

05/18/17

Both sides of Wells Fargo's $142 million settlement over its fake-accounts scandal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the class-action pact after a federal judge voiced misgivings about some of its terms.

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Tech giants will not be silent about blockchain for long

05/18/17

It is not startups but rather Silicon Valley’s biggest names that are best-positioned to compete with banks in the blockchain race.

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Former Wells Fargo examiner-in-charge sues OCC

05/18/17

Bradley Linskens, the former top examiner of Wells Fargo at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, sued the agency Tuesday over records requests he had made related to his removal earlier this year.

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A second cross-Florida M&A deal for Seacoast

05/18/17

The bank, based on the east coast of Florida, is bulking up on the Gulf. It has agreed to buy NorthStar Bank in Tampa a month after buying another bank in the same city.

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