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The new Federal Trade Commission proposal would require companies to disclose whether any fees are refundable up-front and would ban hidden or misleading fees.
October 11
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The company now has 35 million users worldwide and launched new features this summer that include automated investing and expanded account access for non-citizens living in the U.S. But the features come amid controversies at the fintech.
October 11
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The Federal Reserve is expected to pause at its September meeting. Jeff Timlin, a managing partner at Sage Advisory, will join us on Sept. 21 to provide analysis of the meeting.
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Central Valley Community Bancorp's agreement to buy Community West Bancshares, slated to close in the second quarter, would create a $3.6 billion-asset bank in the Greater Sacramento region.
October 11
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Brown, who's been Ally Financial's top executive for nearly nine years, joined the company 14 years ago and played a key role in reshaping it after the financial crisis. He will become the president of a large auto dealer group.
October 11
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Denise M. Tyson is the CEO and founder of Schaefer City Technologies. Tyson is a financial and operational management executive with extensive experience in the insurance industry, including insurtech startups, mergers/acquisitions, reorganizations, and financially challenging situations. She has held C-level positions with multiple insurance companies since 2000. She was the founder of Simplicity, Inc. an insurtech startup focused on pay-as-you-go personal auto insurance; the president of Go Insurance Company, part of a fully integrated insurtech organization; and the first EVP and CFO of Doma (fka States Title, Inc.) an insurtech company transforming the title industry.
Tyson started her finance and accounting career in public accounting in New York City working for KPMG and went on to work with PwC in Los Angeles as a Senior Manager leading their Financial Services team before launching into the insurance and insurtech industries. Tyson is a Certified Public Accountant. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Villanova University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman shared some of her more pointed skepticisms about potential capital changes in a speech Wednesday, saying enhanced requirements could increase systemic risk.
October 11
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The Financial Conduct Authority issued 146 alerts on crypto asset marketing, multiple payment companies in Canada are trying to spur adoption of open banking, and more.
October 11
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The fintech Brex is among a growing market of companies using generative artificial intelligence to simplify how employee trips are managed.
October 11
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has been ordered by a court to explain its reasons for rejecting an application for a crypto-based exchange-traded fund. It's about time.
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