It's not enough to fix the de novo application process

10/09/19

Even with the FDIC actively encouraging groups to start banks, challenges like raising capital and low interest rates make it tough.

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EU to regulate Libra; Robinhood joins online deposit war

10/09/19

The EU wants to protect the euro and ensure Facebook’s digital currency isn’t used for money laundering; the brokerage is partnering with six banks to offer 2% on account balances.

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Agencies sign off on final Volcker Rule changes

10/08/19

The reforms will result in significant changes to the proprietary trading ban first proposed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and mandated in the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Pelosi, Waters defend CFPB's constitutionality in Supreme Court brief

10/08/19

The two Democrats waded into a court battle over the president's ability to fire a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Auto, home equity are soft spots in consumer lending

10/08/19

Delinquencies on indirect auto and home equity loans are trending up, while past-due rates on credit cards are declining, according to a recent report by the American Bankers Association.

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Bank of America's AI approach: 'Productive paranoia'

10/08/19

A thorough process for approving experiments with artificial intelligence, clear philosophical principles and diverse human involvement are some of the ways BofA says it's working to ensure AI does no harm.

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Trump to nominate FHA's Brian Montgomery as No. 2 at HUD

10/08/19

The Federal Housing Administration chief has already been serving as the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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ABA to seek a review of appeals court's FOM decision

10/08/19

The banking trade group is asking for an en banc rehearing of its field-of-membership challenge before all 17 judges of the D.C. Court of Appeals.

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Bank of the West, fintech OpenInvest partner on socially conscious investing

10/08/19

Software creates a portfolio for bank customers that could be designed to support, say, efficient energy sources or refugees and avoid investments clients consider objectionable.

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Big banks need to stop tinkering with gender pay-gap data

10/08/19

Investors expect banks to be honest and transparent about employee wages.

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