Bankruptcy Blogs

Banking groups urge Congress to block OCC payments charter

09/29/20

Various trade organizations sent letters to a House Financial Services Committee task force saying lawmakers should "actively discharge their oversight prerogatives" as the national bank regulator considers giving licenses to companies that do not accept deposits.

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Financial institutions, government still wary of crypto

09/29/20

Employees in the financial industry and public sector are considerably more worried about the risks posed by digital currency than those in the cryptocurrency field, a new survey finds.

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First Merchants to shuffle management after CEO's retirement

09/29/20

Michael Rechin will step down at the end of this year. The Indiana company tapped CFO Mark Hardwick as its next CEO, while Michael Stewart, its chief banking officer, will become president.

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One lender's ideas on how to save small business

09/29/20

Kabbage co-founder Kathryn Petralia, whose company is being sold to American Express, discusses government and financial-sector lifelines she says could help businesses that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

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The man who didn't want to be a Trump Fed governor

09/29/20

The economist Marc Sumerlin was invited one June morning in 2019 to meet with President Trump, but with a condition: he had to be prepared to accept Trump's nomination to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. He declined.

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Argentina-Inspired Reforms to Sovereign Debt Contract Terms (Yes, Again)

09/29/20

In terms of innovations in the boilerplate of sovereign debt contract terms, Argentina is the gift that keeps on giving (and giving and giving).  At least within my lifetime, its behavior has inspired more contract innovation than any other country (even Ecuador, that probably comes a close second).

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Bank stocks rebound; JPMorgan Chase introduces 'fraud hub'

09/29/20

Financials led the way with a 2.3% gain as the overall stock market rose more than 1.5% Monday; the new service will help small businesses spot online scams.

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Trump's Personal Guaranties and Liquidity

09/28/20

The revelations about Donald Trump's taxes might hold in them an explanation for why he didn't divest from his businesses when he became President, despite the obvious political problems that was going to create:  he couldn't afford divesting.  

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The Most Powerful Women in Finance

09/28/20

Many of the women in this year's list are familiar to American Banker readers, including J.P. Morgan's Mary Callahan Erdoes, Fidelity Investmemts' Abigail Johnson and Synchrony Financial's Margaret Keane. Seven honorees are newcomers, including two, Maria Hackley and Ida Liu, from Citigroup.

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Summit Financial plans to enter Kentucky with small bank acquisition

09/28/20

The West Virginia company has an agreement to buy WinFirst Financial for $21.7 million in cash.

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