2017-03-30
A bipartisan group of senators told Mel Watt, the regulator who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that he shouldn't allow the companies to recapitalize without congressional approval.
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2017-03-30
Citizens Financial workers say they made up meetings with bank customers to meet sales pressures; car financing subsidiary settles with two states for $26 million for making bad loans.
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2017-03-30
Mid Penn agreed to pay $59 million for Scottdale Bank in a deal that is expected to close in the third quarter.
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2017-03-30
The New Jersey company added a representative of Blue Harbour Group in Connecticut to its board.
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2017-03-30
Citizens Financial dropped the most in the 24-company KBW Bank Index after some branch workers told a newspaper they faked information about customers attending its "Citizens Checkup" program.
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2017-03-29
Low scores make it harder for banks to get regulatory OKs to expand, but Wells is in retrenchment mode anyway.
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2017-03-29
First Bank, based in New Jersey, will pay about $27 million for Bucks County Bank in a deal that is expected to close in the third quarter.
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2017-03-29
Data and analytics tools can help banks detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.
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2017-03-29
The subprime auto lender funded loans through a group of car dealers that it knew had track records of high default rates and fraud, authorities in Massachusetts and Delaware said.
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2017-03-29
The exchange, founded by a bitcoin pioneer in 2014, is facilitating more than $50 million worth of transactions each month, as the "gold rush" in blockchain-based assets takes hold.
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2017-03-29
New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo speaks out on cybersecurity regulation, cracking down on bad actors in the industry and the OCC's fintech charter.
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2017-03-29
Technology innovation and the level of consumer understanding about fintech options are critical missing pieces of Community Reinvestment Act policy.
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2017-03-29
James Lockhart, former director of the FHFA, is replacing Wilbur Ross, who resigned when he became Commerce secretary, on the New Jersey company's board.
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2017-03-29
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered closer scrutiny of a New York law that bars merchants from imposing surcharges on credit card purchases, giving a group of retailers a partial victory by saying the measure might violate their free-speech rights.
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