What’s behind the slowdown in CRE lending

06/29/18

Commercial real estate is their bread and butter, but many banks are scaling back in this vital loan category. Here’s why.

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Student loan servicing giant seeks industrial bank charter

06/29/18

Nelnet’s planned bank would be an online enterprise focused on gathering deposits and making private student loans.

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Otting should strengthen, not weaken, CRA

06/29/18

The comptroller of the currency has tiptoed around the issue of discrimination even though he wants to overhaul a key fair-lending law.

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Citi forced to pay $335M refund on card malfunction, but no CFPB fine

06/29/18

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it did not issue an additional penalty because Citibank self-reported that it failed to reduce interest charges for 1.75 million credit card customers.

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Fintechs’ vulnerability apparent in Capital One data-access flap

06/29/18

Whatever the reason that Plaid, a prominent data aggregator, can no longer access data from Capital One, the situation demonstrates how fragile fintechs are when they lose banking access.

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'Get a grip, folks': Comments of the week

06/29/18

Readers react to Capital One restricting data access, opine on whether or not the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is unconstitutional, weigh in on Rep. Maxine Waters as Financial Services Committee chairman and more.

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State AGs urge Senate to reject 'Madden Fix' bills

06/28/18

Attorneys general from 21 states say the measures would undermine their ability to enforce consumer protection laws.

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JPMorgan's digital-only brand rolls out nationally

06/28/18

The bank's Finn app is attracting users by removing complexity from mobile banking.

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JPMorgan buys air rights from midtown church to build its new HQ

06/28/18

JPMorgan Chase will buy as much as 555,000 square feet (52,000 square meters) of air rights from a landmarked Manhattan church as it prepares to build its new headquarters.

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Tax law upends banks’ CCAR stress test scores

06/28/18

The president’s signature tax reform law muddled this year’s stress test results, causing several banks to incur greater-than-expected losses and spurring the Federal Reserve to constrain capital distributions at a handful of banks.

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