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Square to invest $100 million in minority communities, entrepreneurs

09/24/20

Square is moving to help minority and underserved groups by investing $100 million in nonprofit financial institutions and Black-owned businesses.

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Powell, Mnuchin urge more congressional action to deliver pandemic aid

09/24/20

Capping a series of appearances on Capitol Hill this week, the Federal Reserve chair and Treasury secretary emphasized that they don’t have the authority to reallocate CARES Act funds to assist small businesses on their own.

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How a New York bank merger came together during the pandemic

09/24/20

A deal between Dime Community and Bridge Bancorp was delayed, and nearly derailed, by the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s how the two sides kept it on track.

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Armored trucks stand ready for cash-carrying consumers to return

09/24/20

Brink's has seen a 20% increase since January in the amount of cash processed in its own systems, signaling that as users return to stores they’re choosing to pay with cash.

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Dallas-area credit unions get members' OK for merger

09/24/20

Go Federal Credit Union CEO Bert Beal will take the helm of the combined institution once they join America's Credit Union.

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Wells Fargo says it has nearly eliminated screen-scraping threat

09/24/20

The company's new agreement with Envestnet Yodlee to share customers' account data over secure pipes is its 17th pact with aggregators and other fintech firms.

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Triumph in Texas reworks terms of factoring acquisition

09/24/20

The company, which expressed concerns about the validity of some of the loans it bought, renegotiated a lower price and protections from the seller involved in the deal.

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Banks report record spike in fraud as U.S. business aid flows

09/24/20

U.S. banks and credit unions reported skyrocketing levels of suspected business-loan fraud last month, a period that coincided with growing awareness of scams involving government small-business aid programs.

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Organizers plan de novo bank in San Francisco area

09/24/20

New Enterprise Bank, which would focus on serving "innovative firms," plans to open next year.

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One fix to the deluge of suspicious activity reports

09/24/20

Financial institutions and authorities could better track money launderers if legalized-marijuana-related businesses were not included in SARs.

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