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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is revising his allegations of foreclosure settlement violations by Wells Fargo and Bank of America, resetting the clock on his plans to sue the banks over 339 alleged servicing violations.

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Harvard Winters
The chairman/CEO split issue is a sideshow. No one has considered the troubling implications of a large, misguided bet that happened to pay off the year before the London Whale losses, writes Harvard Winters.

Consumer Finance

'I care very deeply about protecting consumers from predatory payday loans,' NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz says.
The regulator of federal credit unions is promising to take steps to curtail high-cost, short-term loans, in the wake of tough action by banking regulators.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Atlantic Coast shareholders 'will vote down the Bond Street transaction,' dissident investor Jay Sihdu predicted.
As investor Jay Sidhu and Atlantic Coast Financial intensify their fight over the Florida company's deal to sell to Bond Street Holdings, the market has priced a higher deal value into the stock. Atlantic Coast warns that no such bump-up is coming.

Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's focus on discrimination in the auto loan business will likely force the banks it targets to stop paying bonuses to car dealers that originate high-interest loans. Changing practices in the rest of the industry could prove tougher.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon (Image: Bloomberg News)
Whatever the outcome of Tuesday's vote over Jamie Dimon's dual titles at JPMorgan Chase, the debate raging at the country's largest bank will increase the pressure on bank boards to split up chairman/CEO roles in the future.
In a sign of renewed pressure on mortgage servicers, a number of big banks have ceased or dramatically slowed the final step in the foreclosure process.

Regulation & Reform

One key question is whether Reid will use the 'nuclear' option to force a confirmation of Cordray.(Image: Bloomberg News)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is bringing the battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau back to the forefront next week with a long-awaited confirmation vote on Richard Cordray, the agency's director.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Regulators let the Columbus, Ga., company acquire a failed bank — its first deal in four years — though it still owes Tarp $968 million. A surprising number of similar deals have occurred in recent years.

Consumer Finance

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Director Richard Cordray sat silently at a public hearing as a room full of the industry's customers and employees argued that Americans should be allowed to make their own borrowing choices.

Washington

Federal Reserve Gov. Sarah Bloom Raskin (Image: Bloomberg News)
Federal Reserve Gov. Sarah Bloom Raskin warned Thursday that the government's tightening fiscal policies and a slow housing recovery will continue to restrain a U.S. economic recovery.

People

Tim Ryan (Image: Bloomberg News)
Tim Ryan, a veteran lobbyist who runs JPMorgan Chase's regulatory strategy, served until January as chief executive of SIFMA, which moved last week to stop the sending of vote tallies to shareholders.

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