Discover’s credit quality weakens, but profits climb on tax savings

04/26/18

The credit card lender reported a decline in pretax earnings, but a sharply reduced tax bill led to a 17% profit gain.

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Shift to smaller loans is paying off for Cullen/Frost

04/26/18

The San Antonio company said that it has scaled back its exposure to energy loans in favor of a greater emphasis on loans of less $10 million.

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Link between payday campaign cash and lawmakers' votes, report claims

04/26/18

The details about political donations to over a dozen lawmakers raise fresh questions about the payday lending sector's influence in Washington.

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Ally seizes opportunity in used-car lending

04/26/18

Record originations on "better-yielding" used-car loans helped drive a 14% increase in its first-quarter profit. But Ally's shares were down Thursday on concerns of rising deposit costs.

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Treasury’s Phillips pleads for caution on implementing Basel standards

04/26/18

The senior official said U.S. regulatory agencies should not rush to complete certain final aspects of Basel III, to prevent the new standards from conflicting with existing rules.

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Hensarling signals he may leave Senate reg relief bill unchanged

04/26/18

The senior GOP lawmaker appeared to acknowledge concerns that expanding the bill could harm Democratic support.

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Kabbage plan in Orchard deal: Expand offerings to banks, small businesses

04/26/18

Using Orchard’s data science smarts, Kabbage intends to offer new payment products to small businesses and loan portfolio insights to financial institution partners.

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Gun issue is a lose-lose for banks (whatever their stance)

04/26/18

On one hand, banks could face regulatory pressure to restrict services to the firearms industry. But banks that take a strong stand also risk the wrath of GOP lawmakers opposed to such restrictions.

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What's behind Citi's surge in mobile app users

04/26/18

Alice Milligan, its chief digital client experience officer, said the company dedicated itself to delivering what customers really want and that more features are on the way.

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BofA says 151 employees were affected by mass shootings in U.S.

04/26/18

Bank of America's new policy denying loans and other services to certain gun makers came after dozens of employees lost family members or suffered other trauma related to mass shootings in the past few years, CEO Brian Moynihan said.

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