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Mastercard has told payment processors and banks to stop allowing marijuana transactions on debit cards, in a blow to the struggling cannabis industry and a boon to transparency in the banking system.
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Scott Sanborn said his company is committed to balancing profitability and growth, and sees a lot of potential in new products such as credit cards.
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Like many of its peers, the bank is grappling with higher deposit costs and net interest margin pressure.
July 27 -
There's divergence of opinions between one more rate hike this cycle and no further actions.
July 27 -
Michael Miebach, the card network's chief executive, discussed his plan for competing against the Federal Reserve's new real-time settlement system.
July 27 -
The challenger bank and fintech lender will use its first acquisition to expand its point-of-sale financing strategy into another vertical.
July 27 -
The two Trump-appointed governors expressed skepticism that the increased capital requirements for regional banks were necessary to keep the banking sector resilient.
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The monitoring, which is already in place in the U.S. came after a month-long consultation with U.K. employees.
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The European Central Bank will stop paying banks for the money they are required to keep at the institution as a minimum reserve, a surprise move that could cut billions from lenders' interest income.
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The FDIC proposed raising capital requirements for banks with $100 billion or more in total assets gradually over the next five years. Republican appointees on the board opposed the rule as excessive and impetuous.
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