CFPB's No. 3 to depart, join New York AG

01/24/19

Chris D’Angelo, the CFPB's associate director of supervision, enforcement and fair lending, is leaving the bureau after eight years to become a chief deputy attorney general in New York state.

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Fed should open the payments system to fintechs

01/24/19

There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.

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Fed examines Deutsche’s Danske role; Wells loses another executive

01/24/19

The bank says regulators want information about its possible role in the money laundering scandal; Kristi Mitchem moves to BMO Global Asset Management.

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Zelle's volume surges, but there's a catch

01/24/19

The bank-led P2P network Zelle saw its strongest quarterly growth during the fourth quarter of 2018, as payment volume rose nearly 60 percent to $119 billion for the year. But a significant amount of this volume comes from just one bank.

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Five House freshmen to watch on housing issues

01/23/19

Several new members of the House Financial Services Committee with backgrounds in housing could use their experience to address Chairman Maxine Waters' top agenda items.

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One study, two vastly different visions for CFPB payday rules

01/23/19

When a Columbia University professor surveyed 1,000 payday loan customers, little did he know that the resulting research report would become a lightning rod in the drafting of rules for small-dollar lenders.

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At least five killed in shooting at SunTrust branch in Florida

01/23/19

Police arrested a man after responding to a hostage situation at a branch in Sebring, Fla., early Wednesday.

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Call grows louder for SBA to tackle loan application backlog

01/23/19

Industry groups and lawmakers have joined bankers in insisting the agency develop a plan to resolve the paperwork problem before the partial government shutdown ends.

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Loans sold, partnership renewed, lawsuit dropped: Synchrony’s win-win-win

01/23/19

In selling its Walmart credit card portfolio to Capital One and extending a partnership with Sam’s Club that appeared to be in peril, Synchrony Financial avoids an expensive legal battle with the world’s largest retailer.

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BankUnited unloads nearly all of its remaining taxi loans

01/23/19

The Florida bank sold $344 million of taxi-medallion and other loans in the fourth quarter, saying it was positioning itself for the future.

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