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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu says the process of determining whether certain lending activities and investments qualify for Community Reinvestment Act credit under regulators' forthcoming final rule "has to be better and it's got to be faster" than the status quo.
October 20
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The National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the American Bankers Association have sent dueling letters to the Federal Reserve over whether NCRC advocates pressured ABA member banks to denounce the ABA's litigation against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
October 20
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An advocate for retail merchants takes issue with a BankThink article criticizing the Credit Card Competition Act.
October 20
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Executives say the $213 billion-asset company's strong credit performance in the third quarter positions it to pursue loan growth next year.
October 19
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High deposit costs and low-yielding assets weighed on the company's net interest income, which fell to its weakest level since the first quarter of 2017. But Key executives predicted that a turnaround is coming soon.
October 19
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would give consumers a legal right to grant third parties access to financial data for a specific use, but firms cannot sell the data or use it for their own benefit — including by feeding it into algorithms or artificial intelligence.
October 19
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Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., again pressed the Federal Reserve for economic analysis of capital proposals, while Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., reintroduced a bill that would limit the Fed's ability to extend money to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
October 19
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Six weeks after unveiling a broad restructuring plan, the North Carolina bank said it has already taken several steps to lower expenses, and that various cost-reduction initiatives are on parallel paths.
October 19
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The Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision says the failure of Silicon Valley Bank showed the shortcomings of the current stress testing regime.
October 19
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Consumers with Discover cards spent less on travel and everyday purchases, but more on entertainment, driving loan growth in the third quarter. The company also benefited from the Fed's enforcement of online debit-routing rules, but these boons couldn't offset investor concerns over its issues with the FDIC and its CEO search.
October 19
