Top Senate Banking Democrat decides against presidential run

03/07/19

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said "the best place for me to continue fighting for Ohio and for the dignity of workers ... is to stay in the U.S. Senate."

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CIBC taps longtime insider to head U.S. operations

03/07/19

Michael Capatides, CIBC's chief administrative officer and general counsel, will take over as CEO of CIBC Bank USA on April 1, replacing Larry Richman.

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BNY Mellon shelves tighter work-at-home rules after staff uproar

03/07/19

The bank had told employees in November that it was reviewing their ability to work from home, but its CEO now says he had decided “hit pause on implementing any changes."

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Apollo Global said to be eyeing more GE Capital assets

03/07/19

The buyout giant has already bought billions of investments once managed by GE Capital and is now sizing up GE's insurance and jet-leasing businesses, according to sources.

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Banks battle fintechs over installment sales; Barclays deck cleared

03/07/19

Banks moving past traditional card lending to compete on POS; ; five board members plan to leave before the bank’s May meeting.

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From SBA chief to fintech backer

03/06/19

Karen Mills, who led the Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, is joining the Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated as an adviser and investor as it tries to bring online-lending technology to community banks.

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Dodd-Frank oversight council wants to make it harder to designate nonbanks

03/06/19

The revisions would emphasize activities-based regulation over labeling individual firms as systemically risky.

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Fed votes against deploying big-bank capital buffer

03/06/19

The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep the countercyclical capital buffer at its current level of zero, ending some speculation that the board could be looking at a possible increase.

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Fed curbs stress test requirement for most large banks

03/06/19

The central bank is limiting the use of its qualitative objection in this year’s stress tests, the agency announced Wednesday.

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Volcker 2.0 is said to face do-over after Wall Street complaints

03/06/19

U.S. regulators are poised to scrap their proposal for revising Volcker Rule restrictions on banks' trading in favor of a newer version as they respond to a misstep that drew fire from Wall Street lobbyists, according to people familiar with the effort.

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