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JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon (Image: Bloomberg News)

Reputation Dented, Dimon Prevails in JPM Vote

Only 32% of JPMorgan Chase shareholders voted in favor of splitting Jamie Dimon's chairman and chief executive roles, but the victory can't erase the months of harsh scrutiny over Dimon's power and the bank's governance.
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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (Image: Bloomberg News)

Treasury's Lew Aligns with Fed, Big Banks in TBTF Debate

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Tuesday that lawmakers should hold off on further legislative reforms to the financial system until Dodd-Frank is fully implemented, echoing recent remarks from top Federal Reserve Board officials and large bank executives.
Fed Ready to Raise Capital Standards If Too-Big-To-Fail Remains Unsolved
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'It's like turning around an aircraft carrier that's out of control,' Iowa Attorney General Tim Miller said of the national mortgage settlement. 'It's difficult but possible.' (Image: Bloomberg News)
AGs Give Banks Passing Grade in Foreclosure Settlement, Rebuff N.Y.
The rift involves a disagreement over how aggressively to enforce servicing standards contained in the multi-state mortgage settlement.
N.Y. AG Revising Foreclosure Settlement Complaint Against B of A, Wells

Mergers & Acquisitions

Brian Stephens, national leader of KPMG's banking and capital markets practice
Reg Worries Divert Bank Execs from Growth, M&A Efforts
Organic growth, dealmaking and innovation are taking a backseat to compliance, bank executives told KPMG in a new survey.
Growth-Minded Banks Scratch for Advantages, Let Deals Wait

Community Banking

Mark Jaindl, a Pennsylvania banker who is aiming to put three people on South Street's board
South Street Prevails in N.C. Proxy Battle
Mark Jaindl, a Pennsylvania banker, fell less than 100,000 short of shaking up the board at the parent of Home Savings Bank.
Suit Says Thrift Wrote Rule To Keep Investor Off Board

Consumer Finance

Chris McLaughlin, executive vice president and director of retail banking at First Bank
Key to Cost-Cutting: Aligning Teller Hours with Traffic Patterns
Technology has dramatically changed the way people bank, but many banks areresponding by closing and opening branches rather than arming themselves with data that could make existing branches more efficient.
Clifford Rossi is the Executive-in-Residence and Tyser Teaching Fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Guess What? Basel III Oversimplifies

For all their analytic complexity, the Basel capital standards simplemindedly view each type of risk in isolation. In reality, an increase in one type of risk may lower another.
Regulators Keep Close Watch as Banks Scout for New Revenue
Bankers, Regulators Embrace Fuzzy Science of Ops Risk
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Regulation & Reform

Michael Krimminger, former general counsel for the FDIC (Image: Bloomberg News)
Foreign Firms Making Case for 'Mini' Living Wills
Scores of foreign banks with very small U.S. operations still find themselves drafting "living wills" to provide U.S. regulators with a road map to their hypothetical failures, leading to calls for a lighter requirement.

Consumer Finance

Jane Fraser, Citi's new mortgage chief, has held a variety of top executive posts in her nine years with the global banking giant. Some have speculated that she is being groomed as an eventual CEO.
Citi Replaces Das with Fraser in Possible Sign of Mortgage Push
CEO Michael Corbat continues to reorganize his top ranks, giving new responsibilities to private bank CEO Jane Fraser.
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Community Banking

Joseph Stilwell
Stilwell Sues Proxy Firm for Alleged Annual Meeting Miscue
The activist investor claims that D.F. King failed to turn in a master ballot, causing his board candidate to lose an election.
Dissident Investor's Board Choice Joins First Financial Northwest in Wash.

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