Well, something has to. For proponents of modernization and greater efficiency in the syndicated loan, bond, swaps, and private placement markets, it's well past time to put investors, banks, brokers and borrowers on the same technological page.
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Banking regulators and the Department of Justice must decide whether the blockbuster deal raises antitrust concerns. Looming over their analyses are questions about how broadly or narrowly to define the relevant markets.
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Ambitious women who feel trapped in their roles sometimes find themselves competing against others with the same goals. An effective way to advance may require stepping off the most obvious path, according to executives sharing their personal experiences at American Banker's Payments Forum.
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A federal appeals court is putting the transfer of a lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold pending the outcome of a hearing on the suit's appropriate venue.
A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.
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ING announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its fiduciary service offerings to help sponsors better fulfill their responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Erisa).
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RBC Wealth Management would like to see its 2,000-plus U.S. brokers raise their individual annual production to US$1 million, a target the head of its wealth unit sees as reachable in five years.
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Most new financial advisers are encouraged to find a niche and develop expertise in handling a certain type of client. That expertise should lead to more clients and an efficient, prosperous practice.
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The CFPB is giving trade groups and consumer advocates another three months to comment on its proposal to change what data is collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
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FB Financial is selling its correspondent lending channel to Rushmore Loan Management Services, which will complete the bank holding company's restructuring of its mortgage business.
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A group of Senate Democrats have called on HUD Secretary Ben Carson to reverse his agency’s opinion that borrowers in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are ineligible for FHA loans.
The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index was up 18% year to date through July, supporting expectations for more banks to use their shares as currency to take out competitors.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trump's National Economic Council director, Kevin Hassett, are set to meet Tuesday with House and Senate Republican leaders and their top tax writers to try to resolve differences over the scale of cuts and ways of paying for them.
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U.S. regulators show far too much deference to an international body with no actual legal authority.
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Burdensome regulations have decimated correspondent banking relationships, harming the most vulnerable in the U.S. and abroad.
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Rules being considered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network would needlessly hinder banks seeking to do due diligence on their customers.
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During Thursday's earnings call, CEO Michael Miebach said the payment company is partnering with large technology firms and offering consulting for the emerging form of artificial intelligence, attempting to expand a strategy to draw revenue beyond card processing.
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In comment letters on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rulemaking on personal financial data rights, consumers begged the agency to protect their data from misuse.
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A Luxembourg court ruled against the bank in a long-running lawsuit tied to its custodial role for a fund that invested in the massive Ponzi scheme.
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The Federal Open Market Committee voted to reduce interest rates by 25 basis points Wednesday, but the emergence of dissents on the committee makes the chance of another quarter-point cut in December less certain.
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American Banker's 2025 Small Business Banking conference yielded lessons about the need for speed, simplicity and safety in small-business lending. Other key takeaways included the significance of digital payment options and the importance of continuing to process SBA loan requests during the government shutdown.
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Nine months after acquiring Heartland Financial, Missouri's largest bank posted a complicated quarter.
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Fraser will succeed John Dugan, who's been Citi's chair for six years. The megabank also granted Fraser a one-time award of $25 million in restricted stock units, and more than 1 million stock options.
In addition, John Roscoe and Brandon Hamara have been appointed co-presidents at the government-sponsored enterprise, effective immediately.
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