How HSBC's Diane Reyes is staying a step ahead of fintechs

09/30/18

Facial recognition technology and a person-to-person payments app are just two innovations that have sprung from a workplace that fosters creative thinking and welcomes ideas from across the organization.

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'It is an issue for all of us': Dissent spreads at CFPB over top aide's writings

09/30/18

A growing chorus of CFPB employees are arguing that Eric Blankenstein, policy director of supervision, enforcement and fair lending at the CFPB, cannot be trusted to do his job fairly given his past blog posts.

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SEC fines former Ocwen exec for insider trading before CFPB, PHH news

09/28/18

A former Ocwen Financial executive is settling Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he engaged in insider trading related to his company's dealings with Altisource Portfolio Solutions following a CFPB enforcement action and its upcoming merger with PHH Corp.

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Top CFPB official yanks support for political appointee over past writings

09/28/18

The head of the agency’s fair-lending office cast doubt on a proposed reorganization of her office and raised concerns about blog posts written years ago by the political appointee overseeing the project.

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Most Powerful Women in Banking, tellers reimagined, growing deposits: Top stories of the week

09/28/18

Our 16th annual Most Powerful Women in Banking rankings; why Regions did away with teller jobs; small banks lagging in deposit share; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Former LendingClub CEO fined for misusing investor funds

09/28/18

Renaud Laplanche agreed to pay $200,000 and accept a ban from the securities industry to settle a long-running SEC probe. A LendingClub subsidiary and the firm's former CFO, Carrie Dolan, were also fined.

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Are banks trying hard enough to diversify leadership?

09/28/18

Perseverance and commitment are two requirements to get more minority bankers into senior leadership positions.

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The challenge for virtual banking: Getting bots to care

09/28/18

AI-powered assistants will change the customer experience for the better, but first they must achieve a more human level of service, executives said during a discussion at Finovate.

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Lawmakers urge Fed to follow through on reg relief for midsize banks

09/28/18

Republicans are calling on the central bank to relieve all banks with less than $250 billion of assets from enhanced supervision that was established after the crisis.

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Supreme Court clash puts regulatory nominees on back burner

09/28/18

At least six Trump administration picks to fill financial posts are still pending, but the bitterly partisan divide over Judge Brett Kavanaugh has taken up most of the energy in Congress.

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