ABI Blog Exchange

2017-08-01
Insurers are seeing modest gains in market share as banks, facing increased scrutiny from regulators, lightly tap the brakes.

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2017-08-01
Democrats on the House and Senate banking committees are urging Republicans to hold hearings with Wells Fargo's top executives over its phony-accounts and force-placed insurance scandals.

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2017-08-01
A bipartisan duo of lawmakers is set Tuesday to introduce a bill designed to increase homeownership opportunities for “credit invisible” consumers.

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2017-08-01
As an open network, bitcoin is in one sense the most inclusive financial system imaginable. But for now, transfers of the cryptocurrency are priced like a luxury good.

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2017-08-01
Doug Bowers said the company has moved beyond past issues, including corporate governance shortcomings and the abrupt departure of his predecessor, and is ready to bring in more loans and core deposits.

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2017-08-01
Rising taxes, declining population and the political landscape in Illinois have led several bankers to put more money and resources into nearby states.

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2017-08-01
Freddie Mac said it earned enough in the second quarter to send a $2 billion dividend to the U.S.

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2017-08-01
Core deposit growth might be the best indicator of which banks will have true staying power in the years ahead.

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2017-08-01
Digital blockchain tokens can be naked instruments for profit-sharing among investors, but other types are directly linked to building network infrastructure. Their creation and sale must be unimpeded by regulation.

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2017-08-01
A jumble of security vendors and lack of cohesive planning weaken many banks’ cybersecurity defenses, experts say.

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2017-08-01
After yet another scandal, it's time for would-be Wells Fargo shareholders to decide: Is this a rare buying opportunity or has the bank lost its mojo?

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2017-08-01
Banks may need to find $30 billion to $50 billion of additional capital to support new European units in the aftermath of a hard Brexit, and some smaller firms may abandon their operations on the Continent altogether as profitability plunges, acco

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2017-08-01
Christine Duhaime, an anti-money-laundering attorney in Toronto, lays out the reasons banks should become early experts in and assist in initial coin offerings.

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2017-08-01
The company said that Dennis Shaffer, its president, will succeed James Miller at the end of this year.

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2017-08-01
The company agreed to buy County First Bank in a cash-and-stock transaction.

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2017-08-01
Four Republican senators are seen as possible defectors on a vote to repeal the CFPB's arbitration rule, while another senator may be absent, which will make the GOP's job harder.

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2017-08-01
Shout out to Susan Tompor of the Detroit Free Press                (click here)

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2017-08-01
Shout out to Susan Tompor of the Detroit Free Press                (click here)

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2017-08-01
Acting Comptroller Noreika says he will defer to Congress to determine whether the rule requiring mandatory arbitration should be killed; Bitcoin Cash to start trading but is causing confusion in the digital currency market.

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