2020-07-07
The agency sought to provide certainty that most actions from the past eight years remain in effect despite the ruling that the bureau's leadership structure is unconstitutional.
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2020-07-07
Less than three weeks after making a $1.05 billion pledge to fight racism, the Pittsburgh company promoted two Black bankers to its top-level management committee.
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2020-07-07
The days of meeting with mentors and pitching investors in person are at least temporarily over, but fintech incubators, accelerators and boot camps are finding creative ways to replicate these valuable experiences online.
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2020-07-07
By Ronald C. Sykstus, 256-713-0221, [email protected]
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2020-07-07
Randal Quarles, who is also chairman of the Financial Stability Board, said FSB members must do more to prepare for bank failures.
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2020-07-07
The agency delivered long-anticipated regulatory relief to the small-dollar loan industry by eliminating ability-to-repay requirements imposed under the bureau’s former director.
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2020-07-07
Our third monthly survey found almost six out of 10 employers report that their plans for the return to work are stymied by uncertainty — specifically, a lack of clarity on the right timing, and persistent questions about how to provide a safe env
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2020-07-07
Royal Bank of Canada says it is raising internal targets for the number of racial minorities in executive roles to improve diversity in its leadership ranks.
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2020-07-07
The Main Street Lending Program and other Federal Reserve loan facilities should be tailored to the needs of Black-owned banks and businesses.
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2020-07-06
A sneak peek at a podcast launching on American Banker in our Leaders forum.
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2020-07-06
Rancor between Democrats and Republicans has made it hard to enact subsequent bills. But the 2018 reg relief package and more recent legislation offer hope for efforts to reach across the aisle.
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2020-07-06
The court struck down a 2015 update to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which permitted robocalls to cell phones for government-related debt collection.
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2020-07-06
BBVA USA in Birmingham, Ala., says it will use a proprietary score based on multiple sources of coronavirus-related information to determine when certain branches are ready for walk-in traffic.
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2020-07-06
Small banks have long led the campaign against industrial loan companies, arguing they can be used to violate the separation of banking and commerce.
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2020-07-06
We may tell our children in years to come that there was a time, especially if it was during rush hour on a rainy day, when you couldn't get a cab in New York City for love or money. These days, the streets are mostly empty.
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2020-07-06
The Trump administration released details of almost 4.9 million loans to businesses — from sole proprietors to restaurant and hotel chains — under the federal government's largest coronavirus relief program so far, the $669 billion Paycheck Protec
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2020-07-06
Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.
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2020-07-06
Banks participating in the Main Street Lending Program were able to register for and offer credit to businesses last month, but the Federal Reserve said Monday it was set to make the effort fully operational.
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