2018-12-21
Readers respond to one fintech startup's tough talk, debate failed plans to change the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's name, weigh reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act and more.
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2018-12-21
Among the most innovative CEOs of his generation, the former Umpqua chief and Pivotus founder is taking some of his best ideas to a new fintech as an adviser.
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2018-12-21
Student loan debt — now at $1.5 trillion in the U.S. — is arguably the greatest pain point for consumers in their 20s and 30s. To court that demographic, banks are increasingly offering help with refinancing and repayment.
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2018-12-21
The expected incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee told the former acting CFPB chief that he will still be the target of congressional inquiry despite no longer leading the agency.
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2018-12-21
BBVA has picked Javier Rodriguez Soler, its head of strategy and mergers, to run its U.S. bank.
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2018-12-21
The Massachusetts senator and critic of Trump administration policies sent the new CFPB director an expansive list of to-do items for her first month on the job.
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2018-12-21
The federal banking regulators have proposed allowing more directors and management officials to serve at more than one institution in an effort to provide relief to community banks.
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2018-12-21
David Rupp was CEO of Four Oaks Fincorp in North Carolina when it sold itself to United Community Banks last year.
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2018-12-21
The FDIC has approved more new banks this year than in the last four years combined. Here is a look at the class of 2018.
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2018-12-20
Detractors are suddenly hopeful that the controversial accounting standard could be delayed or altered after FSOC's longer-than-expected closed session on the issue.
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2018-12-20
As part of the agreement with HSN, Synchrony has also extended its partnerships with HSN affiliates QVC and the e-commerce site Zulily.
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2018-12-20
An accusation of sexual discrimination plays out in court for BNP Paribas; Jeffries’ top execs chastise Wall Street men over #MeToo paranoia; blockchain startup loses Blythe Masters; and RBS might make history with a female CEO-CFO duo.
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2018-12-20
Financial institutions had used existing banking laws as a shield against broader privacy protections, but a California law enacted this summer could threaten that strategy.
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2018-12-20
Bank of America is loosening the reins on its investment bankers, sending out dealmakers in search of more middle-sized transactions in the U.S. and seeking to regain market share after cutting back on risk.
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