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Many online small-business lenders worry that future regulations could stymie innovation in this fast-growing industry. But well-designed requirements would simply ensure that online lenders can offer adequate borrower protections without giving up market share.

Payment system transformation has become a pressing need for banks today. The rate at which this is happening is largely controlled by the conflict between rapid technological shifts and the barriers to product acceptance.

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'World's Local Bank' No More: HSBC has agreed to sell its Brazilian unit to Banco Bradesco for $5.2 billion as the bank seeks to scale down and concentrate on its Asian operations. The bank pledged in June to cut 50,000 jobs and retreat from low-performing business lines, with the goal of reducing annual costs by up to $5 billion by the end of 2017. The papers note the bank's retrenchment is a...

In the recent opinion of Burtch v. Revchem Composites, Inc. (In re Sierra Concrete Design, Inc.), Adv. No. 10-52667 (CSS), 2015 WL 4381571 (Bankr. D. Del. July 16, 2015), the Delaware Bankruptcy Court issued a memorandum opinion following trial on claims asserted by Jeoffrey Burtch, Chapter 7 Trustee of Sierra Concrete Design, Inc. (“Sierra” or “Debtors”), seeking recovery against Defendant Revchem Composites, Inc.

On Tuesday in Manhattan, the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Inc. will ask a bankruptcy judge for permission to pay nearly $2 billion to the defunct brokerage’s unsecured creditors, which would be the third such distribution since he paid off the brokerage’s customers.

If approved by Judge Shelley Chapman, that would bring the total amount returned to creditors to more than $8 billion, a recovery of about 35 cents on the dollar. Combined with distributions made to customers, the total amount recovered in the brokerage’s liquidation would be about $114 billion.