ABI Blog Exchange

2017-07-13
British bank to pay $5.5 billion to settle mortgage issues, but faces Justice Department fine; Payments company offers restaurants $10,000 to stop accepting cash.

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2017-07-13
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2017-07-13
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2017-07-12
The unexpected withdrawal of the administration's pick to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. triggered new uncertainty.

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2017-07-12
Property Assessed Clean Energy loans can no longer be offered in unincorporated areas of Kern County, Calif. The controversial loans, meant to promote energy efficiency, began in California and are now offered in a number of states.

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2017-07-12
It's not only regulation that is hurting profitability, but also banks' failure to adapt to the internet age, according to a recent study.

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2017-07-12
A monitor's report detailing HSBC's compliance with a 2012 agreement with U.S. prosecutors to fix faulty money-laundering controls isn't a judicial document and shouldn't be made public, a federal appeals court said.

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2017-07-12
Bank of the Ozarks recently dissolved its holding company in a move that goes against modern banking strategy. There are, however, strong arguments for other institutions to follow the bank's lead.

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2017-07-12
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday defended policies related to commercial banks in the face of GOP criticism while also pinpointing areas where the Fed is open to regulatory easing.

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2017-07-12
The Spanish bank's VC arm added two companies focused on artificial intelligence to its portfolio this week. Both firms promise to help banks connect better with customers.

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2017-07-12
The Trump administration's choice to become chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has asked the White House to withdraw his nomination.

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2017-07-12
Royal Bank of Scotland Group agreed to pay $5.5 billion to settle the second of three major U.S. mortgage-backed securities probes the government-owned lender must overcome before it can fully return to the private sector.

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2017-07-12
New data shows that large commercial banks are increasing their originations of single-family construction loans, but these loans still represent a small percentage of their total assets.

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2017-07-12
The Arkansas bank bought C1 Financial in Florida and Community & Southern Holdings in Georgia last year.

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2017-07-12
Banco Santander, Spain's biggest lender, bought minority stakes in three financial-technology firms as Chairman Ana Botin makes machine learning a hallmark of her growth plan.

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2017-07-12
The Japanese firm is expanding its U.S. investment banking unit to look more like its bigger Wall Street rivals.

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2017-07-12
Data showing that California residents 62 and older took out more payday loans than any other age group in the state points to an erosion of retirement security for seniors.

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