FDIC must have full board to rule on BB&T-SunTrust: Sherrod Brown

04/23/19

In separate letters to President Trump and the head of the FDIC, the Senate Democrat said the merger cannot be approved until all five seats of the agency's board of directors are filled.

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Institutional clients' deposit shuffle burns custody banks

04/23/19

Money managers, which are critical to the success of State Street and Northern Trust, are aggressively moving cash into higher-rate products.

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Fed seeks to clarify bank control framework

04/23/19

The Fed board unveiled a proposal Tuesday to standardize how investors owning less than one-quarter of a bank can determine who holds a "controlling" stake and therefore must register as a bank holding company.

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CFPB to give more information to firms under investigation

04/23/19

Under a new policy, a company subject to a civil investigative demand will learn from the agency about what conduct the probe is targeting and what legal provisions the firm may have violated.

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'Wells Fargo should change today': Shareholders disrupt bank's annual meeting

04/23/19

Nearly a dozen shareholders disrupted opening remarks at Wells Fargo’s annual meeting in Dallas on Tuesday, pressing executives to answer for a series of scandals that have rocked the bank.

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Wells Fargo needs a retail banker at the helm

04/23/19

As the bank's board conducts its search for a new CEO, it should exclude Wall Street titans from any shortlist.

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Fifth Third's commercial loan growth helps boost 1Q earnings

04/23/19

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati also closed on its purchase of MB Financial and benefited from increases in corporate banking revenues and a slight improvement in credit quality.

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BofA’s Bessant on responsible AI, cyber attacks and data encryption

04/23/19

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer, offers her takeaways from the first meeting of the Council on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence. She also shares some challenges banks are facing with cyber attacks and data encryption.

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Card issuers go social; Calabria vows to push for GSE overhaul

04/23/19

Change in strategy to lure new customers; new FHFA director wants to make Fannie, Freddie “stronger, healthier."

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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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