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How did Donald Trump become a Florida bank's client in chief?

05/24/19

The president's big loan from, and sizable deposits with, Professional Bank in Boca Raton have raised some eyebrows. But the bank's chairman says it recruits relationship bankers from larger rivals to get just these kinds of customers.

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Pastor sues Wells Fargo, says negligence led to forgery charge

05/20/19

A Wells Fargo customer was interrogated, fingerprinted and mistakenly arrested for check forgery after a series of mistakes on the bank's part. He was cleared, and Wells says it made an error, but they are now fighting in civil court.

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What BBVA's new U.S. CEO has on tap

05/06/19

In his first extensive interview since taking the job this year, Javier Rodriguez Soler talks about banking as a service, how to keep customers happy and where he sees AI and other tech innovations heading.

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How 5G could shape the future of banking

04/22/19

Leaders in bank innovation have ideas for improving financial services with high-speed, highly responsive 5G networks — ideas they say could be implemented relatively quickly.

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Robinhood angered banks. Now it wants to be one

04/22/19

The fintech company, which was forced to rebrand its cash management product last year after misleading marketing caused a backlash, is seeking a national bank charter.

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Deutsche Bank, the DOJ and how $4B in aid to distressed homeowners evaporated

04/08/19

The bank agreed to modify loans to struggling U.S. borrowers as part of a 2017 settlement. Instead, it’s receiving credit for financing new mortgages that likely would have been made anyway.

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Is Wells Fargo stuck in the denial stage of recovery?

04/07/19

Since Wells Fargo’s phony-accounts scandal broke in 2016, the bank has appeared contrite in public. In private, it’s a different story.

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What the new Apple credit card means for Goldman Sachs

03/25/19

The Silicon Valley partnership represents an extension of — but also a departure from — the consumer strategy that Goldman has been pursuing since the launch of its digital consumer bank, Marcus.

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What the FIS-Worldpay deal means for banks

03/18/19

The companies could bring something new, such as merchant acquiring to community banks, but their merger could also cause anxiety about giant vendors.

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5 key takeaways from the FIS-Worldpay deal

03/18/19

Given the size of the deal — which includes about $9 billion of Worldpay’s debt on top of a $34 billion bid — the pressure’s on to build a global powerhouse that can counter other major fintech mergers announced in the past weeks. FIS must also emerge as a nimble rival to the startups that threaten the old order.

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