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2020-08-13
The Massachusetts company is laying off more than 40 employees with a focus on people working in its retail banking operations.

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2020-08-13
The new “adverse market fee” for refinanced mortgages resembles steps the companies took to combat the 2008 mortgage crisis. But critics charge it isn’t necessary and will hurt borrowers’ ability to tap into low rates.

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2020-08-13
The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

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2020-08-13
Covered Care is promising to offer affordable loans to borrowers with credit scores below 700.

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2020-08-13
The proposed combination would create a bank with $3 billion in assets in central Virginia.

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2020-08-13
The card account, which has about $3 billion in outstandings, has about a year to run with Capital One; Boston Fed chief says recent virus outbreaks threaten economic rebound.

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2020-08-13
Major payment companies have long looked on at cryptocurrencies as too risky to touch, but too tempting to ignore. Mastercard's latest move indicates that the card brands are ready to make a firm pitch for crypto spending.

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2020-08-12
Criticized assets are on the rise, especially in commercial portfolios, and may be the forerunner of a wave of loan losses later this year or next year unless economic conditions strengthen.

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2020-08-12
As the discredited Libor interest rate benchmark enters its last months, some banks are turning away from the repo-based alternative that regulators prefer. What could go wrong?

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2020-08-12
With data privacy issues constantly in the news, what do businesses need to know about handling personal information when they’re considering bankruptcy, especially if some personal information – like customer records – may be a valuable asset?
2020-08-12
Eight of the top 15 firms increased headcount this year through June, while only four reduced it.

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2020-08-12
This article originally appeared in the New York Times at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/nyregion/nyc-economy-chain-stores.html

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