Goldman Sachs

Goldman vet joins board of open-source trading systems startup

06/21/17

The fintech startup OpenFin now has 40 Wall Street firms building applications for its operating system, which promise security and interoperability.

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Nine banks that have fallen short on the Fed's stress tests

06/19/17

Following are notable cases where banks were tripped up by the Fed's stress tests either by flunking the numbers (or quantitative) part of the test or raising red flags on a qualitative basis.

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Trump OCC chief will stay away from big banks to avoid conflicts

06/12/17

The new acting chief of one of Washington’s major banking regulators has agreed to stay away from issues involving dozens of former legal clients, including 14 banks that the agency oversees, according to his ethics agreement.

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CRE alarm bells don’t bother these lenders

06/02/17

An aggressive band of community, regional and investment banks is stepping into the commercial real estate void left by more cautious lenders, saying there are still good CRE loans to be made or bought.

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Wells revamps retail unit again; Goldman hears it from protestors

05/31/17

Wells Fargo streamlines Western unit, shifts executives as post-scandal overhaul continues; Goldman Sachs gets grief for "cynical" purchase of Venezuelan bonds at deep discount.

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Goldman Sachs exec drops out as next deputy Treasury secretary

05/19/17

Jim Donovan, nominated in March, was one of many Goldman Sachs alums to join the administration.

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Tackling income volatility; New CMO at Citi

04/28/17

JPMorgan Chase’s Colleen Briggs and Fiona Greig are among those working on ways to help a growing segment of consumers with wildly fluctuating incomes. Plus, the women of Wells Fargo’s board and a big promotion at Citi.

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Traditional banks outshine Goldman in 1Q fixed-income trading

04/18/17

B of A, JPMorgan and Citi beat trading estimates unlike Goldman Sachs, but the investment bank still doubled its quarterly profits.

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Barclays card exec quits to fight for U.S. civil liberties

03/22/17

Amer Sajed, a 56-year-old Pakistan-born immigrant to the U.S., will step down from his role leading the bank’s credit card business in July after being spurred into activism by President Trump's stances on social and other issues.

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Blankfein defends 'GovSachs'; Stumpf cashes in

03/17/17

Goldman CEO tells the bank's shareholders he's proud of his employees' service record; former Wells CEO realizes $83 million in well-timed exercise of stock options.

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