Warren gets scant help from Wall Street watchdogs on #MeToo push

04/17/18

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is struggling to get data that shows how bad sexual harassment might be on Wall Street.

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Scrapping CFPB auto lending rule would only lead to more discrimination

04/17/18

Lawmakers should not toss out an agency rule aimed at curbing auto dealer markups that adversely impact borrowers of color.

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Wider margin, cost cuts make up for weak loan growth at Comerica

04/17/18

Profits soared at the Dallas bank as recent interest rate hikes and ongoing expense cuts outweighed weakness in the company’s loan book and in its fee income.

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Quarles wants bank input on stress tests; Banks lending again

04/17/18

Fed vice chair wants to put stress test scenarios out for comment by banks; C&Is outstanding at record level in March.

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Fed weighs more transparency, less subjectivity for stress tests: Quarles

04/16/18

The Federal Reserve is considering allowing banks a chance to comment on stress tests before they take them and dropping any qualitative review for the largest banks’ performance, according to Randal Quarles, the central bank’s vice chairman for banking supervision.

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Will the regulators speak with one voice on CRA reform?

04/16/18

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been leading the charge on revamping the Community Reinvestment Act, but a big unknown is whether the other two regulators charged with carrying out the law are committed to moving ahead as swiftly on a reform plan.

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Consumer groups oppose Senate repeal of CFPB auto lending rules

04/16/18

Sixty-four consumer groups are speaking out against a Senate measure, expected to be voted on this week, that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2013 regulation on discriminatory pricing by auto lenders.

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Barclays is said to be sounding out clients about trading crypto

04/16/18

Barclays has been gauging clients' interest in the British bank starting a cryptocurrency trading desk, potentially joining Goldman Sachs in pioneering a new business on Wall Street, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Changes to Volcker coming with or without House bill

04/16/18

Regulators are working to reform the rule regardless of whether a House provision streamlining authority for it is approved.

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Kansas banking commissioner named for Fed community banking seat

04/16/18

Michelle Bowman, a former community banker and now the Kansas banking commissioner, was one of two Federal Reserve Board nominees announced by the White House on Monday. President Trump also nominated Columbia University Richard Clarida as vice chair.

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