Meera Clark: Disruption and diversity investing are all in the family

10/03/18

It should come as no surprise that Meera Clark would gravitate to ventures like Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab, which pairs venture capital with founders from diverse backgrounds. After all, her mother, Ranjana Clark, is a disruptive trailblazer of her own at MUFG.

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A slowdown with a silver lining in community banks’ future?

10/03/18

The economy could “positively slow down in mid-2019” and consumer debt levels are a huge concern, but technology and lessons learned from the crisis could still create opportunity for small banks, says Beneficial’s Gerry Cuddy ahead of a big speech on current conditions.

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NetSuite angles for speed-to-market advantage over fintechs

10/02/18

With startups eating away at bank offerings, Oracle’s enterprise management platform is rolling out a new feature to streamline product development for business clients.

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Take your time, hurry up: The conflicting orders on reg relief

10/02/18

Financial regulators sought to walk a fine line Tuesday between reassuring Republican senators that they are quickly implementing regulatory relief and defending themselves against Democratic criticism that they are going too fast.

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Making business analytics as easy to use as a smartphone

10/02/18

Envestnet|Yodlee wants accessing data to be as simple as selecting a song to play, while bringing institutional analytic power to the bank branch level.

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Financial Services staff director to depart for trade group

10/02/18

Shannon McGahn will depart the House committee next week and will join the National Association of Realtors as senior vice president of government affairs.

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Waters bill would reverse Mulvaney's deregulatory efforts at CFPB

10/02/18

The senior Democratic lawmaker said the CFPB chief and the Trump administration "are doing everything in their power to roll back consumer protections."

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CFPB official's writings make him 'unfit' for job, agency union says

10/02/18

The head of the National Treasury Employees Union said the appointment of Eric Blankenstein to a senior role “reflects poorly on CFPB management.”

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To get mentored, you have to get noticed

10/02/18

How do you get someone like Bank of America's Anne Finucane as a mentor? Be impressive enough to get her attention and tough enough to take her constructive criticism.

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Startup lender Petal launches its subprime credit card

10/02/18

The firm hopes to distinguish itself from other lenders by analyzing customer cash flow to determine the likelihood that borrowers will repay.

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