Goldman Sachs, Regions help raise $55M for construction-lending fintech

04/29/19

Built Technologies will use the money to invest in research and development while it builds out its client base.

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Will telecoms' tighter data sharing cripple banks' fraud detection efforts?

04/29/19

Many banks rely on the location data they get from carriers through data aggregators to spot fraudulent transactions. With telecom companies shutting that source down, banks are worried it could significantly hurt their capacity to detect fraud.

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Visa, Mastercard finalize EU card probe with fee cut pledge

04/29/19

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. ended nearly two decades of European Union antitrust scrutiny with a pact that requires them to reduce fees for foreigners shopping in the region.

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Big banks chase Schwab; Bramson readies Barclays fight

04/29/19

Wall Street moves to compete with the low-fee financial services giant; activist investor has an uphill climb for a seat at this week’s annual meeting.

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Dimon and the pay gap, 5G's impact on banking, new Comerica CEO: Top stories of the week

04/26/19

How Jamie Dimon's salary ties into the broader discussion about pay inequity; how 5G could change the future of banking; Comerica's first new CEO in 17 years; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Can blockchain cut down closing costs?

04/26/19

Provenance Blockchain, recently spun off from Mike Cagney's Figure Technologies, says it can help lenders trim 70% of mortgage settlement expenses through speedier processing and paperwork reduction.

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Credit card charge-offs hit seven-year high

04/26/19

Thirty-day delinquency rates, a harbinger of future write-offs, also increased at all seven of the largest U.S. card issuers in the first quarter.

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FASB’s accountability problem

04/26/19

The standards board has been granted vast authority without having to answer to policymakers, and its latest accounting method, CECL, will be a disaster for small banks.

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Morgan Stanley fined; German giants regroup after merger fails

04/26/19

The bank agreed to pay $150 million to California to settle charges it hid the risks on the sale of mortgage bonds pre-crisis; foreign suitors circle Commerzbank while Deutsche Bank seeks answers.

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'Political pandering to the uninformed': Comments of the week

04/25/19

Readers respond to the debates over economic inequality and CEO pay disparities, weigh in on FDIC board membership, consider LendingClub exiting small-business lending and more.

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