It's not just big banks. Even U.S. community banks may be subject to the General Data Protection Regulation given the boundlessness of digital commerce.
The Florida bank started researching the business after Ken LaRoe, its chairman, saw how medical marijuana had helped his wife cope with a severe injury. First Green is now turning a profit a year after adding its first pot-related client.
Umpqua Bank is testing a system that would make text-chat, video and voice banking more personable by staffing them with branch workers during their downtime.
Lawmakers like Sen. Tim Scott may feel differently about some elements in a Senate regulatory relief bill depending on whether CFPB Director Cordray is remaining in office until his term expires in July.
The hearings before the Senate Banking Committee have high stakes for both companies, as lawmakers are expected to ask the CEOs whether they should be fired.
Data breaches and payment hacks require not only tech measures, but crisis management. Had Equifax gotten out in front of the story, particularly during the slow news period of August, it would have earned kudos and perhaps mitigated some of the public scrutiny.
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Did hackers access the credit bureau's computers two months earlier than the company first thought?; the Fed's decision to start unwinding its balance sheet should raise rates and boost bank profits.
A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal would limit how much Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data is released to the public in an effort to protect consumer privacy.
The Cincinnati bank says its investment unit is taking an equity stake in NRT Sightline to provide a wide range of banking and payments services to casino operators.
Equifax's data breach may be the most serious, given that it covered 143 million consumers and involved reams of confidential information, but it wasn't the largest. Following are the biggest to date.
Data breaches and payment hacks require not only tech measures, but crisis management. Had Equifax gotten out in front of the story, particularly during the slow news period of August, it would have earned kudos and perhaps mitigated some of the public scrutiny.
Former Chairman
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Some proponents of repealing crisis-era regulatory reforms argue that higher capital levels offer better protection. More capital is good, but it alone won’t solve every problem.
Counsel
House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
A recent failed-bank resolution in Europe may serve as a harbinger of how new authorities could cause problems in the U.S. and highlights the potential need for a modified bankruptcy process.
Index points to steady if slightly slower growth in the month. A key question: Do readings in delinquencies and loan rejections point to a turn in consumer credit?
Post-election exuberance about the prospects for rollback of Dodd-Frank regulations has been tempered by the political realities facing the President and Congress.
