Flagstar's 2Q earnings boosted by branch, warehouse deals

07/24/18

The March acquisitions of a warehouse lending portfolio and eight California bank branches helped fuel a 22% increase in net income.

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EBay's Apple, Square pacts could strangle community banks

07/24/18

With just two partnerships, eBay is cutting off a big opportunity for community banks.

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Trump feuds hurting U.S. banking regulators' influence abroad

07/24/18

The Fed’s top regulator is reportedly gunning to run the international Financial Stability Board, but the president's trade wars and recent criticism of Europe are impeding that effort and weakening U.S. regulators' hand more generally.

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CIT profits decline 19% on credit, restructuring costs

07/24/18

An increase deposit costs, higher reserves and ongoing restructuring issues weighed on the second-quarter results at the New York company.

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Signature Bank draws scrutiny; Fannie Mae CEO to depart

07/24/18

The bank entangled in probe of Michael Cohen; Mayopoulos to leave at yearend, CFO Benson to become president.

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Fannie Mae CEO Mayopoulos to depart by yearend

07/23/18

The announcement comes as Fannie Mae promoted David Benson to serve as president of the government-sponsored enterprise.

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Zions taps brakes on CRE lending

07/23/18

The Salt Lake City company reported a 21% increase in second-quarter profits, even as its decision to scale back commercial real estate lending muted overall loan growth.

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Code names and flowers: Rabobank's novel approach to protecting customer data

07/23/18

Europe's new data privacy rules have forced banks to get creative to protect sensitive data from in appropriate access or breaches.

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Fair-lending doctrines could take beating from conservative court

07/23/18

The banking industry lost a key battle in the Supreme Court over the use of “disparate impact,” but legal observers see potential for the tide to turn if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.

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Regions taps insider to lead new office of community affairs

07/23/18

Leroy Abrahams had previously served as president of the bank's North Central Alabama region.

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