Plastic cards will be gone in five years: Synchrony CEO

10/30/18

Margaret Keane discussed Synchrony's investments in technology, including how the card issuer plans to use customer data to help retailers create targeted ads, during an appearance Tuesday in New York,

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Why banks are taking a closer look at down-payment assistance

10/30/18

A deal between TD Bank and a Vermont nonprofit is just one example of how banks are getting creative in addressing affordable housing needs while reaping financial and regulatory benefits.

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Loan growth, interest rates lift BBVA profit

10/30/18

BBVA Compass in Birmingham, Ala., benefited from healthy growth in consumer, credit card and C&I lending in the third quarter.

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Congressional Black Caucus members urge Fed action on faster payments

10/30/18

In a letter Monday to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, the four House Democrats argued that the nation’s aging payments system is contributing to economic inequality.

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Popular Bank's bid to streamline small-business lending

10/30/18

The New York unit of Popular has contracted with Biz2Credit to automate commercial loan approvals and handle the underwriting for applications under $100,000.

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Ex-CEO whose bank hid drug cash is said to avoid charges

10/30/18

The Justice Department has decided against prosecuting three former U.S. executives of Rabobank that admitted it hid evidence about the flow of Mexican drug-cartel money, according to four people with knowledge of the probe's final stages.

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KeyCorp sets $200M cost-cutting plan for 2019

10/30/18

The Cleveland bank gave details on a program for trimming 5% in expenses next year in order to ensure its efficiency ratio goals are met.

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Robo-adviser pushes deeper into core banking systems

10/30/18

SigFig is partnering with Citizens Bank to launch an advice platform in its effort to become a direct competitor to legacy core systems providers.

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Dear regulators: Don’t take CRA’s revamp too far

10/30/18

While there are ways to improve the Community Reinvestment Act for the modern era, steps must be taken to ensure the law is not weakened in the process.

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Ahead of the Fed's reg plan vote; Capital One's tech turn

10/30/18

If approved, the Fed would consider risk factors besides size in how strenuously it oversees individual banks; Capital One's CIO on operating a bank as a technology company.

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