As federal watchdogs step back from regulating "Buy Now, Pay Later" loans, state authorities are stepping in. This week, the attorneys general from California and several other blue states joined the fight.
As banks start giving work formerly done by humans to artificial intelligence programs, questions about legal and ethical implications arise. The time to impose values on, and set limits for, the technology is now.
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The Swedish institution is adding savings accounts to its signature buy now/pay later service as it plots an IPO. Analysts say it will be a struggle to go against U.S. institutions.
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The ability to make cash transactions is vital to some Americans, and when technology fails us, it can be a lifeline for all Americans. We need to preserve it.
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NCR Atleos and Diebold Nixdorf are leveraging the rise of branchless financial institutions and putting pressure on traditional banks to maintain access to paper.
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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Banks are slowly warming up to the idea of open APIs, essentially tools that allow banks to easily connect with others, but BBVA's Shamir Karkal says that they will likely also push banks to modernize their core systems.
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Boston Private Financial Holdings appointed its bank president, George Schwartz, to the newly created position of chief executive of its private banking group.
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Wells Fargo's chief financial officer John Shrewsberry has been named to Yale University's committee overseeing its $25.6 billion endowment. Shrewsberry has an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
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The temporary foreclosure moratorium on loans backed by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comes after lawmakers and housing advocates had pushed for steps to avoid consumers getting booted from their homes.
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The pandemic has upended staffing plans, sparked concerns about servicers’ capacity to handle the expected crush of missed payments, and even raised questions about their ability to stay afloat.
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A national moratorium would be costly to lenders and servicers, but proponents say it's needed to help cushion the economic blow of the pandemic.
Deconsolidation from Seven & i resulting from a reduction of its stake in Seven Bank would make such a scenario more possible, according to CEO Masaaki Matsuhashi.
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., blocked a planned joint hearing on a crypto market structure bill amid concerns about the Trump family's conflicts of interest in cryptocurrency.
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Moody's decision to downgrade some banks' bond ratings isn't great news, but life will go on. The bigger and more difficult problem is shoring up U.S. sovereign debt ratings in the long-term.
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Many small-business lenders have less than 18 months to figure out how to gather and report on an extensive array of data.
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India's Unified Payments Interface has been an extraordinary success. The Fed should take careful note of how the system came to dominate the Indian economy.
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The activist investor HoldCo Asset Management alleges that Comerica and Fifth Third used a "flawed" process to arrive at a $10.9 billion merger agreement. On Tuesday, a Delaware judge said she will hold a hearing to determine if the banks omitted material information in their public disclosures.
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The New York Stock Exchange disclosed the news on Monday of the sudden passing of its head of International Capital Markets.
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Bank of Marin Bancorp in Novato has sold a big chunk of low-yielding securities, replacing them with investments that should produce significantly more income.
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The Supreme Court won't consider Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka's case alongside a similar one involving the Federal Trade Commission when it hears oral arguments in early December.
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The Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a final rule Tuesday that softens leverage demands for the biggest and most systemically risky banks and lowers the community bank leverage ratio to 8%.
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New guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released Monday afternoon would streamline Bank Secrecy Act exams for community banks. The agency issued a separate request for information on consolidation and contracting power among core service providers.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran argues that banks holding excess reserves are keeping the central bank's balance sheet bigger than it should be, and suggested that regulatory changes could help bring those reserves down.
Travis Hill's nomination to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was recommended favorably by the Senate Banking Committee to the full Senate Wednesday morning in a 13-11 party-line vote.
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