SBA lenders fear another 7(a) shutdown, press Congress to act

09/17/19

The popular program could go idle next month for the second time in less than a year if lawmakers are unable to approve a $99 million credit subsidy.

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Why Wells Fargo is jumping on the digital currency bandwagon

09/17/19

It's not a reaction to JPM Coin, the banks says, but a way to speed up international payments for corporate clients.

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Wells Fargo’s Digital Cash plants seeds for bigger blockchain opportunities

09/17/19

Giants like Facebook, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart are all pushing blockchain for myriad use cases, and now Wells Fargo has joined the fray with its own spin on the distributed ledger technology.

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The ball is in FHFA’s court for reforming the GSEs

09/17/19

The FHFA can go beyond a recent Trump administration report to level the playing field between the private sector and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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ABA steps up efforts to delay controversial accounting standard

09/17/19

The association filed a comment letter urging FASB to delay CECL implementation for all banks, while asking a key accounting group to support its effort.

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Is multiple choice the right way to go on cybersecurity standards?

09/16/19

Regulators are letting banks choose from among four security frameworks, but some observers are urging a more prescriptive approach.

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Subprime card lender introduces ex-Barclays exec as CEO

09/16/19

Mission Lane, which was spun off from LendUp in December, said Monday that Shane Holdaway took the helm in August after roughly a year serving as CEO of Barclays' U.S. consumer bank. The upstart lender also announced that it has raised $200 million in equity funding.

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JPMorgan inherited ‘spoof’ method from Bear Stearns, U.S. says

09/16/19

U.S. prosecutors have accused three JPMorgan traders of rigging futures trades in precious metals for nearly a decade, making millions of dollars for the bank at the expense of counterparties that included the bank’s own clients.

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Comerica searching for a new CFO

09/16/19

Muneera Carr, Comerica's CFO since 2017, will leave in October and James Herzog, who had been the bank's treasurer, will serve as interim CFO until a successor is named.

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Why fintech rollouts are magnets for fraud

09/16/19

Hackers go in for the kill when challenger banks and others launch retail products. So the companies are forced to step up their defenses — fast.

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