Bankruptcy Blogs

The Examiners: Helping Over-Burdened Borrowers is the Goal of Bankruptcy

05/13/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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The Examiners: Bankruptcy Reform Could Actually Aggravate Student Loan Issue

05/13/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Banks Beat Tech Firms

05/13/15

A new wave of artificial intelligence applications work by crunching financial data to answer customers' questions. This may give financial institutions a leg up over their nonbank competitors, since the latter group tends to lack vast reserves of people's financial information.

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Banks Beat Back Tech Firms

05/13/15

A new wave of artificial intelligence applications work by crunching financial data to answer customers' questions. This may give financial institutions a leg up over their nonbank competitors, since the latter group tends to lack vast reserves of people's financial information.

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Judge Approves $7 Million Sale of Fresh Produce Retail Chain

05/13/15

The roughly $7 million sale of the Fresh Produce retail chain, which sells vacation-inspired clothing to women, got approval from a bankruptcy judge.

In a court order signed Tuesday, Judge Michael Romero approved the chain’s sale to an investor group that includes Fresh Produce’s existing owners, Thom and Mary Ellen Vernon.

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The Examiners: Everyone Suffers Without Bankruptcy Reform for Student Debt

05/13/15

Should the bankruptcy code be amended to make it easier for borrowers to seek forgiveness of student loan debt through a bankruptcy filing?

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Lessons from Baltimore: 'Middle-Class Folks Don't Riot'

05/13/15

Nearly 100% of all urban riots in America have occurred where the market economy either failed or didn't exist to begin with. Banks are well-positioned to help bring economic opportunity to underserved neighborhoods and make free enterprise work for all.

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Morning Scan: Shelby's Plan and Political Maneuvering; BNY Activists Profiled

05/13/15

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

All Politics Is Local: The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times both look at the draft legislation introduced on Tuesday by Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions. American Banker stories provided an executive summary of Shelby's proposal and an analysis of how the political maneuvering will play out between Republicans and Democrats. The political game was the focus of one Journal story, with Democrats immediately expressing reservations...

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