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A Piper Sandler survey of CEOs found a majority expect to expand their balance sheets this year. They also foresee increases in nonperforming credits, with office loans a key area of weakness, as well as heightened pressure on net interest margins.
February 27
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More than 50 million people are caught up in modern slavery, according to the U.N. Hidden crimes like human trafficking and elder abuse are more common than most people think. Ian Mitchell at The Knoble, who led crime detection at several financial institutions, works with banks to find signs of abuse and help law enforcement to help victims and catch perpetrators, including among Super Bowl crowds.
February 27
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Banks with up to $225 billion of assets are making some progress in assessing climate-related financial risks, but they still lag behind bigger banks in taking action, according to a report from the consulting firm Baringa Partners US.
February 27
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Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the hook for $1.2 after settling litigation over its connection to a massive Ponzi scheme, and Independent Bank Group in Texas agreed to pay $100 million. A third bank, HSBC, settled for a smaller amount.
February 27
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AlumniFi, built by Michigan State University Federal Credit Union and Nymbus, has partnered with fintechs to help its college-grad users improve their finances and pay down debt.
February 27
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The online lending marketplace is teaming up with Upgrade on a card that operates like a fixed-rate loan, in a move to turn around multiple quarters of disappointing financial results.
February 27
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While the recent narrowing of the gap between central banks and markets is encouraging, experts said that governments need to keep fiscal positions sustainable.
February 27
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Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.
February 27
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The closely watched case — which goes to the heart of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates — could have a huge impact on consumers, the agency and the many industries it oversees and those it seeks to regulate.
February 27
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not the right regulator for stablecoins, according to Jeremy Allaire, the chief executive and founder of Circle, which issues the second-largest stablecoin, USD Coin,
February 27
