Dimon says he regrets bitcoin comments, calls blockchain 'real'

01/09/18

Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer who earlier called the cryptocurrency a "fraud," said Tuesday he wishes he hadn't dismissed the technology in such broad terms.

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Registry to help banks fight AML; Finra warns on portfolio loans

01/09/18

A House bill would create a database to track true ownership of corporations; Wall Street regulator wants banks to improve disclosure of risks to consumers.

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Laurie Maggiano, HAMP architect, CFPB program manager, dies at 64

01/09/18

Laurie Maggiano, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's program manager for servicing and secondary markets, died on Sunday.

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Strike this name off Trump's list for Fed vice chairman

01/08/18

Pimco's Richard Clarida is said to be out of the running for the nomination. Other names linked to the position have been former Fed Gov. Lawrence Lindsey and Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz SE, Pimco’s parent company.

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Credit card debt hits all-time high of $1.023 trillion: Fed

01/08/18

The milestone marks the end of a seven-year-long recovery in the credit card market that followed the Great Recession.

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Six critical questions as housing finance reform heats up

01/08/18

The Senate Banking Committee is expected to soon release a bipartisan bill that would significantly reshape the housing finance market, but key issues – and whether whatever legislation it produces can be squared with other players – remain unclear.

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Fed, FDIC release regional banks’ living will plans

01/08/18

Northern Trust, which along with 16 other organizations had the public portion of its resolution plan released, said it made changes to its living will as a result of criticism by regulators.

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U.S. Bank teams with nonprofit to help drive more loans to CDFIs

01/08/18

The Minneapolis bank is the first bank to join Community Reinvestment Fund's online service that matches small-business borrowers who don’t qualify for bank loans with community development financial institutions.

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Ex-OCC head returns to law firm Simpson Thacher

01/08/18

Keith Noreika, who made waves during his brief stint as acting Comptroller of the Currency, has rejoined Simpson Thacher Bartlett as a partner.

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Warren grills CFPB head over data collection freeze

01/08/18

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asking acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to account for recent directives limiting agency staff members’ ability to access or acquire electronic data, saying the moves hamper critical agency operations.

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