Senate Dem blasts Fed stress test results for Goldman, Morgan

07/10/18

The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat singled out Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, which he said "got passing grades" despite being unable to maintain minimum required capital levels.

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‘Snackable’ data is what modern customers want, JPMorgan exec says

07/10/18

People welcome help managing their money, and they don’t mind their own data being analyzed, as long as the result is easy-to-digest information and recommendations they can act upon, JPMorgan’s Kelli Keough said at the In|Vest conference.

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Mich. bank hires rivals to double size of mortgage division

07/10/18

Level One Bank in Farmington, Mich., has hired a team of mortgage bankers from MB Financial, which previously announced it was shutting down this business line.

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Wealth management’s future in 3 words

07/10/18

There are serious consequences for firms that do not embrace the latest tech tools, says Kelli Keough, the global head of digital wealth management for JPMorgan Chase.

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R3 updates blockchain software with new security feature

07/10/18

The consortium's Corda Enterprise is designed to let blockchain applications exist behind a company’s firewall but still interact with outside partners.

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PNC to close Ohio call center, allow employees to work from home

07/09/18

The regional bank's move is part of an industrywide transformation of call centers and operations centers to handle more complex tasks and trim costs.

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Banks play catch-up in fintech for small-business clients

07/09/18

A cash management offering by Mastercard and Strand is the latest example of new answers to commercial clients' demands for better digital services.

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Citi buys $1.5B L.L.Bean credit card portfolio from Barclays

07/09/18

Citigroup and Mastercard replace Barclays and Visa as the card partners for the Maine apparel retailer.

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Dreams of Goldman doing big takeover meet stress test's reality

07/09/18

Almost 10 years after the financial crisis, Wall Street was starting to wonder aloud: Might Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley make a big acquisition? Much of that speculation got a reality check on June 28 when both firms scraped through the Federal Reserve's annual stress tests.

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Supreme Court shuffle: 5 possible reverberations for banks

07/09/18

A more conservative court will be likelier to rule favorably on issues ranging from the deference for regulatory agencies to what constitutes a fair-lending violation.

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