PayPal’s friendly quarter; Dangerous bubbles

10/20/17

Payments company reports double-digit increases in both profit and revenue; card company faces intense competition.

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U.S. has too many banks: BB&T's Kelly King

10/19/17

Dramatic changes in the way banking services are delivered combined with slow economic growth has resulted in too many banks chasing too little business, said BB&T's CEO.

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Amazon’s grocery expansion a threat to CRE, banks fear

10/19/17

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

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GAO ruling puts leveraged lending guidance in GOP crosshairs

10/19/17

Federal regulators’ 2013 guidance on leveraged lending should have been treated as a rule under the Congressional Review Act – and is now eligible for Congress to repeal, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.

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Fed's Powell gives boost to banks in real-time payments race

10/19/17

The Federal Reserve Board governor sketched out a future in which U.S. banks remain at the center of commercial transactions.

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Fears of commercially owned banks are unfounded: OCC's Noreika

10/19/17

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika pushed back against concerns that his agency's proposed fintech charter will unduly benefit nonfinancial firms.

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Record revenue and profits provide a strong coda for Webster CEO Smith

10/19/17

Robust growth in net interest income, combined with a lower provision for loan losses, helped boost Webster Financial Corp.'s profits to a record $62.4 million in the third quarter, 26% higher than a year earlier.

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Defying industry, regulators plow ahead with long-term liquidity rule

10/19/17

Federal regulators are moving forward with plans to finalize one of the last significant Obama-era rules governing long-term bank liquidity despite widespread expectations by banks that the proposal was all but dead.

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B of A judge still resists erasing 'heartless' foreclosure ruling

10/19/17

A judge who imposed a $45 million penalty on Bank of America Corp. over a foreclosure on a California couple still isn't ready to forget the case he described as a "Kafkaesque nightmare."

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Mortgages, tech expense create drag at Umpqua

10/19/17

Net income for the Oregon regional bank was $61.3 million, a slight decline from the same quarter last year. It earned 28 cents per share and fell short of analysts’ expectations,

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