CIT agrees to sell $900 million reverse-mortgage portfolio

10/06/17

The sale of the struggling Financial Freedom unit to an undisclosed buyer would continue CIT's strategy of shedding noncore business lines.

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Highlights from the Most Powerful Women gala

10/06/17

A who’s who of banking industry executives turned out for the annual celebration of the Most Powerful Women. Pam Joseph won’t be the next CEO of TSYS after all, but Jamie Dimon seems to be setting JPMorgan Chase up for a female CEO. Does Marianne Lake have the edge?

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What happens now after CFPB payday rule?

10/06/17

For all the anticipation that preceded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final small-dollar lending rule, a picture of how the rule will affect banks and credit unions is still quite hazy.

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How the Trump administration wants to dial back capital market regs

10/06/17

The Treasury Department is expanding its calls for overhauling regulation of the financial services sector, this time focusing on changes to the most significant rules surrounding securitization and derivatives.

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Why more millennials with student debt are qualifying for mortgages

10/06/17

A change in the formula that banks use to calculate borrowers’ debt-to-income ratios, announced by Fannie Mae in April, appears to be spurring more lending.

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Future 'bleak for many, shiny for some' small banks

10/06/17

Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models.

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Franklin Financial, Civic delay deal for third time

10/06/17

The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio.

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‘Don’t think you’re going to change people’: Huntington's Mary Navarro

10/06/17

Want a strong team? This is what Mary Navarro said she has learned about creating one in her 42-year banking career. Navarro, who recently retired from Huntington, accepted a Lifetime Achievement award at the Most Powerful Women in Banking gala Thursday night.

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‘You have to laugh at yourself’: J.P. Morgan's Erdoes

10/06/17

Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and American Banker’s Most Powerful Woman in Finance, shared a funny story about her kids and her boss, Jamie Dimon, at the Most Powerful Women in Banking dinner.  

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Austin credit union launches fintech-backed loan to up digital game

10/06/17

The loan product, which allows consumers retroactively to adjust a payment amount, illustrates how community-based institutions are trying to reach technologically savvy consumers.

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