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Many in the industry have cheered regulators’ interest in improving the supervisory rating system, but they may shy from commenting publicly about their experiences in a confidential process. ... Read full article

Community bank leaders at an ABA-hosted meeting questioned the timing for a new accounting standard for loan losses and discussed their struggles to keep pace with new technology. ... Read full article

The tech company’s card seems to be raising consumers’ expectations that they should be able to get and use a card instantly and receive useful notifications. ... Read full article

Tom Marano, a former Bear Stearns banker, was apparently well compensated following the housing crisis for heading up ResCap and Ditech, both of which went into bankruptcy. ... Read full article

China dominates the business. Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency could help alter the balance of power. ... Read full article

The New York Department of Financial Services is opening a probe into Goldman Sachs' credit card practices after a viral tweet from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Card's algorithms. ... Read full article

Unlike previous central bank chiefs, Powell’s chances of being renominated by either the current president or many of the Democratic contenders are slim. ... Read full article

Completing the deal before the new year would let the merged company avoid an earnings hit in complying with the Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard and give it more flexibility on capital adjustments. ... Read full article

First Horizon, Iberiabank in year's second-biggest bank merger; bank failure in New Jersey is nation's third in a week; smaller banks take a turn swinging the ax; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

HMBradley will assign interest rates according to how much customers set aside from direct deposits each month. ... Read full article

Earlier this decade, a boom in low-cost prepaid cards undercut the firm's business model. Now the fiercest competition is coming from venture capital-backed startups that offer accounts with no overdraft fees. ... Read full article

This summer, an international electronics company completed a $1.6 billion payment by mobile phone, the biggest transaction ever on the bank's CashPro app, according to Bank of America. ... Read full article

BB&T and SunTrust had to sell the branches to get Justice Department approval, marking a big step towards closing their merger. ... Read full article

Banks should stop competing on volume with large techs and start competing on added-value services to win over customers. ... Read full article

Eric Blankenstein, who resigned from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in May after the discovery of his racially charged writings, was named acting executive vice president of Ginnie Mae. ... Read full article

The two previously worked at BNY Mellon in similar roles, Scharf as CEO and Daley as head of public affairs; Michael Johnson’s demotion follows the bank’s massive data breach in July. ... Read full article

Readers react to Sen. Warren calling for banks to fund her Medicare plan, a proposal requiring big-bank CEOs to testify before Congress, federal regulators missing Trump-appointees on their board and more. ... Read full article

If the no-premium agreement announced by First Horizon and Iberiabank this week is a sign that sellers’ asking prices will come down, then Regions might reconsider its anti-M&A stance, a company executive said. ... Read full article