After cutting 802,000 jobs, some big banks are adding staff

04/03/19

Hundreds of thousands of jobs have disappeared on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis and some of the biggest banks haven't stopped cutting. Still, some firms managed to reverse the trend and are slowly boosting staff levels.

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SBA's rationale for raising fees: More loans will go bad

04/03/19

Lenders argue that the move is premature, citing record-low charge-offs in the agency's 7(a) program.

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Warren doubles down on ending ‘too big to jail’

04/03/19

The Massachusetts senator introduced legislation Wednesday that would require executives of large corporations to serve jail time when their companies commit crimes, including for violations of civil law.

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No free pass for fintechs

04/03/19

Community banks are open to working with innovative financial startups, but regulators must ensure they face the same oversight standards as traditional banks.

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California quietly lifts ban on doing business with Wells Fargo

04/03/19

Even before Tim Sloan stepped down as the chief executive officer of scandal-stung Wells Fargo, the bank had already gotten back into the good graces of the biggest U.S. state.

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Goldman to share code with developers; Mastercard’s digital ID blueprint

04/03/19

Firm “hopes to crowdsource new uses for” its pricing and analysis system; the system could be put on a device and used anywhere to cut down on fraud.

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House hearing on fair-lending rules keeps spotlight on Facebook

04/02/19

A discussion on how to modernize policies to combat housing discrimination quickly turned into a sharp critique of the social media giant's advertising practices.

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'There is no division in our industry': BofA's Moynihan

04/02/19

Banks of all sizes need to stick together to ward off threats from "unregulated" fintechs and other nonbanks, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

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Banks should improve tech vendor service contracts: FDIC

04/02/19

Some contracts are not "adequately" defining which party — the bank or the vendor — is responsible for managing risks, the agency said.

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House Democrat moves goalposts for GSE reform

04/02/19

Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York signaled which legislative provisions Democratic leaders would accept in a bipartisan housing finance package.

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