Fed plan to ease capital rules courting disaster: Bair, Hoenig

04/27/18

The outgoing No. 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the agency's former chair say the proposed changes would increase the likelihood of another financial crisis.

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CRE borrowers are repaying early, and that's a problem for banks

04/27/18

Borrowers can get better rates elsewhere, so they're repaying ahead of schedule, leaving banks in the lurch. The steps lenders would have to take to keep the business could be prohibitively expensive.

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Mulvaney's BCFP, Zelle's bumpy ride, BB&T's glitch: Top stories of the week

04/27/18

In addition to changing the name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the acting director wants to also nix public complaints; the good, bad and ugly in Zelle's ascendance; a case study for digital outage recovery; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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FDIC's No. 2 to leave the agency Monday

04/27/18

FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig has been a tough critic of risky practices by big banks and a key voice among federal regulators in support of stronger capital requirements.

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How huge Wells fine could leave customers in the cold

04/27/18

Not a penny of the $1 billion fine against Wells Fargo will end up in the hands of customers harmed by practices flagged by regulators.

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Yet another Wells scandal; House moves closer to passing dereg bill

04/27/18

Wells may have tried to lure 401(k) customers into more expensive IRAs; Hensarling says he will go along with Senate version of Dodd-Frank rollback.

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Warren probes CFPB over lobbyists’ influence on Mulvaney

04/27/18

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. is asking CFPB’s top ethics official if the agency has taken steps to ensure Mulvaney is excluded from matters involving banks and other firms that contributed to his campaign when he was a congressman.

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'Along comes this lunacy': Comments of the week

04/26/18

Readers weigh in on the action at Wells Fargo’s annual meeting, debate the idea of changing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s name, chime in on a postal banking proposal and more.

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CFPB finalizes rule to fix TRID 'black hole'

04/26/18

The CFPB finalized an amendment to its "Know Before You Owe," mortgage disclosure rule that gives lenders more flexibility to adjust closing cost estimates and pass on those increases to borrowers.

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Venture capital wave lifts profits at SVB

04/26/18

A 20% increase in lending, largely to players in the tech industry, helped the California company offset a one-time loss tied to an investment in the streaming company Roku.

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