Bankruptcy Blogs

Identity fraud is soaring. Here's how one lender is attacking it.

07/02/20

Axcess Financial is using stronger authentication, studying up on bad actors and planning to use a federal service that automates verification of Social Security numbers.

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House clears extension of PPP to August

07/02/20

The Senate had passed the bill Tuesday, shortly before the Small Business Administration was to stop accepting new loan applications.

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Bank OZK to exit Alabama with branch sales

07/02/20

The Arkansas bank is selling its two branches in the state to Merchants & Marine Bancorp and FEB Bancshares.

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Wells Fargo hits brakes on student loans with schools disrupted

07/02/20

Wells Fargo is pulling back from student lending as the surge in coronavirus cases threatens to further disrupt higher education and the broader U.S. economy.

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Federal loan programs seek borrowers; ECB to encourage more bank mergers

07/02/20

The Main Street Lending Program is off to a slow start, while the PPP is extended five weeks to distribute the remaining $130 billion in loans; the European regulator is softening its stance to allow more deals.

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How COVID-19 could alter the regulatory landscape

07/01/20

The 2008 financial crisis transformed banking regulation. But how have those changes held up in the current recession, and what might be coming next?

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Will CFPB advisory opinions offer clarity, or give companies a pass?

07/01/20

The agency has proposed letting firms seek specific guidance, which can be applied to other institutions. But consumer groups worry the plan circumvents formal rulemaking.

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Dime, Bridge Bancorp combining in $489 million merger

07/01/20

The deal will create an $11 billion-asset banking company with operations in a number of markets around New York City.

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German American to promote insider as its next president

07/01/20

Neil Dauby, the Indiana company's chief commercial banking officer, will have oversight of all operations, reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Schroeder.

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Get ready for wave of small-business defaults, PNC’s Demchak warns

07/01/20

With stimulus money running out and forbearances set to expire, consumer spending is bound to shrink. That's bad news for business owners and their landlords, the Pittsburgh bank's CEO says.

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