Bankruptcy Blogs

Trump to name new acting OCC head: Report

05/02/17

President Trump is likely to replace Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry with an acting comptroller as soon as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Why community bankers should care about blockchain tech

05/02/17

Blockchain technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prepare, according to Joe Dewey, an attorney at Holland & Knight and author of a new book about distributed ledger technology.

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Dimon calls populist rage 'understandable,’ lauds Trump economic agenda

05/01/17

The JPMorgan Chase CEO was in rare form Monday, speaking without a filter on a range of controversial topics.

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Trump administration aiming for two-tiered regulatory system

05/01/17

During a meeting with more than a hundred community bankers on Monday, Trump administration officials made it clear they favored a system with different rules for small and big banks.

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To keep Ocwen 'healthy,' its top client may buy a 5% stake

05/01/17

In an echo of the rescue deals of 2007 and 2008, New Residential's CEO framed the transaction as something undertaken to benefit the entire industry.

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First Bancorp to buy ASB Bancorp in N.C.

05/01/17

First Bancorp has emerged as one of the few consolidators in North Carolina at a time when many other banks in the state have opted to sell.

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Wells Fargo’s CEO: Scandal has not scared away top talent

05/01/17

Tim Sloan insisted Monday that the bank’s phony-accounts scandal, which has eroded its position with U.S. consumers, has not hurt its recruiting efforts.

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The mobile app security hole that should keep bankers up at night

05/01/17

Researchers have found serious flaws in the way transport layer security protocols — a longstanding bulwark of online banking — have been modified for mobile apps.

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Mnuchin pushes for housing finance reform within next year

05/01/17

The Treasury secretary on Monday reiterated an aggressive timetable for tackling the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an issue that has long flummoxed Congress.

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