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Santander Bank's U.S. unit will be eliminating 80 mortgage-related positions as it withdraws from the third-party origination sales channel and refocuses on producing home loans through its branch network.
August 21 -
After a news report said the bank kept alive accounts customers thought they had closed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told acting CEO Allen Parker in a letter that Wells is "still fundamentally broken."
August 21 -
Complaints made by legacy shareholders of Freddie Mac have no value after the Treasury Department pumped up Freddie and Fannie Mae through conservatorship.
August 21
American Enterprise Institute Housing Center -
Bank of America’s P2P transaction volume via Zelle is surging, with millennials driving the bulk of its usage.
August 21 -
The FDIC and the OCC relax the rule restricting proprietary trading; home buyers with bad credit, lots of debt, or employment issues are again getting loans.
August 21 -
Hove, who spent 11 years on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board, was the agency's acting chairman three different times during the 1990s. He held several jobs in banking, including chairman and CEO of Minden Exchange Bank & Trust, which had been led by his father.
August 20 -
A panel of federal appeals court judges reversed a district court’s decision on the NCUA’s controversial field-of-membership rule, but saw merit in bankers’ claims of potential redlining.
August 20 -
A panel of federal appeals court judges reversed a district court’s decision on NCUA’s controversial field-of-membership rule, but saw merit in bankers’ claims of potential redlining.
August 20 -
After two regulatory agencies adopted final revisions to the rule, Dodd-Frank defenders expressed concern that the amendments to the proprietary trading ban undermined the post-crisis statute.
August 20 -
The agency is trying to update its rate-cap policy for institutions that fall below "well-capitalized." But it remains to be seen if the proposed changes fully address community bankers' concerns.
August 20 -
Analysts and big investors say they cannot advocate buying more shares until the bank installs a leader with the authority to lay out a plan for the future. However, speculation about potential candidates has quieted.
August 20 -
The Granite State’s highest court upheld a lower court’s ruling in a suit claiming the banking trade groups had defamed the patent firm.
August 20 -
As major U.S. cities continue to implement contactless tap-and-go acceptance to collect transit fares, at least one bank sees this trend as an opportunity to put its cards on center stage.
August 20 -
Apple is expanding the list of merchants where Apple Card users may earn 3% cash back, starting with Uber.
August 20 -
Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.
August 20
Taxpayers Protection Alliance -
The agencies had proposed an "accounting prong" as an alternative means to determine which proprietary trades are banned, but their final rule heeded industry concerns that that would be worse than the current approach.
August 20 -
Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.
August 20
Taxpayers Protection Alliance -
Following an article by American Banker and ProPublica that detailed how political appointees weakened the penalties paid by two large banks, the Massachusetts senator is demanding more information from the Justice Department.
August 20 -
Visa is offering four new security tools to assist merchants, acquirers and card issuers by disrupting fraud in real time.
August 20 -
Regulatory efforts to protect consumers from harassment and robocalling are forcing big changes. Attorney Quyen Truong at Stroock & Stroock explains.
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