Bankruptcy Blogs

Bank Culture Can't Be Measured in Scorecards

06/29/15

Culture is measured in the good banks do for communities and customers, employees and shareholders. That kind of culture must be built over generations.

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Are Virtual Banks Just a Flash in the Pan?

06/29/15

You'll find many disruptors in banking, but startups like Moven aren't among them. In essence, virtual banks simply dress up web storefronts to look like banks but offer one-tenth the services.

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Morning Scan: Greece Shutters Banks as Crisis Intensifies; Fintech's Many Fans

06/29/15

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Greece Bank Shutdown: Greece has closed its banks for the next six days and imposed capital controls in an effort to avert financial panic as the country edges closer to a potential exit from the eurozone. Over the weekend, steady streams of depositors had already emptied many ATMs in Athens, according to the Wall Street Journal. The rapidly escalating Greek debt crisis rattled global markets Monday, with the S&P 500 on track...

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Molycorp Back in Talks Over Loan

06/29/15
The Molycorp Mountain Pass open pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Dec.
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Transfers Before a Bankruptcy

06/26/15

There are several provisions that address transfers before a bankruptcy case - federal bankruptcy statutes, state statutes, and state common law.

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Small Banks Fight for Regulators' Attention: Weekly Wrap

06/26/15

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week, including a proposal to regulate banks based on their activities rather than size and a plea for members of Congress to take action to help community banks.

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Searching CFPB Consumer Narratives

06/26/15

Yesterday the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) went live with its consumer complaint database, publishing over 7,700 consumer narratives detailing problems they have faced with banks, debt collectors, and other creditors.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

06/26/15

On Monday in Manhattan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Shelley Chapman will be asked to approve a $1.28 billion settlement between Lehman Brothers Inc. and Barclays PLC, which bought Lehman’s brokerage business days after the investment bank’s 2008 collapse.

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Why the Bitcoin Blockchain Beats Out Competitors

06/26/15

In order for a blockchain to succeed, it needs to be a public resource. That means few alternative blockchains are likely to achieve much traction outside a small niche.

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Former RadioShack to Pursue ‘Broad Peace Treaty’ With Creditors

06/26/15
A RadioShack store is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York in this January 15, 2015 file
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