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Morning Scan: Clawbacks Demanded; $450 Credit Card Blowout

09/13/16

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Stumpf to the Hill: The Senate Banking Committee plans to question Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf as pressure on the bank grows in light of the unauthorized accounts scandal. Several Wells executives are scheduled to brief panel members Tuesday prior to the hearing, which is scheduled for September 20. "Clearly there is a disconnect between whatever Mr. Stumpf was telling the public and what was actually going on at Wells Fargo —...

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Morning Scan: Wells Not Clear Yet; Both Sides of Blockchain

09/12/16

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It ain't over...: Wells Fargo's settlement last week didn't end its woes. While the bank was making apologies, officials were assessing the situation. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, called on the panel to hold hearings to find out exactly what happened. A member of the Federal Reserve Board also weighed in. "What I have seen is that too many banks, instead of putting in place a...

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Morning Scan: B of A Deal on Bonuses; What's the Goal?

09/09/16

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Incentive to cheat?: Wells Fargo was hit with the largest penalty in the history of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to settle charges that thousands of employees created unauthorized bank and credit card accounts for customers in order to collect bonuses for themselves. The company fired 5,300 employees as a result. The bank agreed to pay a $185 million regulatory enforcement action plus another $5 million in customer remediation. Wells' own analysis...

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Women in Banking: Is Big Data a Weapon of Mass Discrimination?

09/08/16

A likely sale of CIT Group's aircraft unit (and a whole lot of other stuff) is keeping Ellen Alemany busy, a former Wall Street banker talks about big data as a financial weapon of mass discrimination targeting women and the poor, and First Busey shows how investing in employees pays off. Also, TIAA's Kathie Andrade, Deloitte's Cathy Engelbert and (to spice things up) Victoria Beckham.

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Morning Scan: Wells Fargo Hit Over Sales Tactics; SoFi Seeks $500M

09/08/16

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Two heads...: JPMorgan Chase said Mark Leung, head of its Asia Pacific equities business since 2014, and Jason Sippel, global head of prime services, will together run the bank's global equities division. The two replace Tim Throsby, who left to run Barclays' corporate and international division. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times Wall Street Journal ...

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Morning Scan: Behind the Wells-Amazon Blowup; Chip Terminal Woes

09/07/16

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Leaving: Tim O'Hara, the head of Credit Suisse's global markets division for just the past 10 months after a 30-year career at the bank, is leaving. He will be replaced by Brian Chin, co-head of credit. The unit has suffered heavy losses over the past year. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times Wall Street Journal ...

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Morning Scan: Barclays Adds Another JPM Alum; PayPal/MasterCard Deal

09/06/16

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Barclays expands team: Tim Throsby, JPMorgan's global head of equities, is moving toBarclays as head of its corporate and international division and chief executive of its corporate and investment bank. He is the latest JPM executive to join CEO James E. Staley, himself a former JPM veteran, at the British bank. Previous JPMorgan hires include Paul Compton, who was named Barclays group chief operating officer in February, and CS Venkatakrishnan, Barclays' new...

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Morning Scan: Banks May Sue Over Stress Tests; JPM in China

09/02/16

Editor's note: Morning Scan will not publish on Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day. We'll be back on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Wall Street Journal

Stressed out: Bank trade groups are mulling whether to sue the Federal Reserve to challenge the methodology it uses to perform its annual stress tests on financial institutions. Some banks believe the Fed is violating the Administrative Procedure Act by not allowing public input into the test, including from the banks...

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Women in Banking: Tackling the Gender Gap, Inside and Out

09/01/16

Wells Fargo has worked toward achieving gender diversity internally, now it's courting women-owned businesses. Sallie Krawcheck says if organizations wanted to fix the gender pay gap, they could Â-- easily. Meanwhile in Silicon Valley, the majors are promising to pay their male and female employees equally, and Accenture finds women on boards are twice as likely to have the right technology experience for a company as their male counterparts.

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Morning Scan: Deutsche Bank Weighs Future; Kanas to Retire

09/01/16

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Call for consolidation: Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan called for more consolidation in the profit-challenged European banking industry, just after a German magazine reported the bank had considered amd rejected a bid for rival Commerzbank. "It is undeniable that Europe's banks are stuck in a fundamental dilemma," he said in remarks prepared for delivery at a conference in Frankfurt. "We have become significantly more secure since the financial crisis. We maintain moreÂ...

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