FORT WAYNE, Ind. - (05/12/05) -- A former member of Peoples andEmployees FCU was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered topay almost $900,000 in restitution Tuesday for a phony loan schemeenabling him to take out that mount of loans using a falseidentity. Carnelle Rutledge used a false name, Social Securitynumber and address to obtain seven loans, almost all of them over$100,000, between February 2003 and June 2004. He pleaded guilty inFebruary to seven counts of aiding and abetting in bankfraud.
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As AI and digital assets become mainstream, banks are spotting new opportunities to integrate payments with other activities.
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House Republicans overcame internal divisions to narrowly pass President Trump's tax and spending package Thursday afternoon. The measure would cut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding level, among other provisions.
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A new partnership with Google Cloud will let the Spanish bank offer Gemini to all staff after a successful ChatGPT deployment.
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Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
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In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
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