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The highest tier of vice presidents made 13% less, and all but the most junior associates saw their total compensation fall, according to a survey of about 250 U.K. bankers by global recruitment consultancy Dartmouth Partners.
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In an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court Tuesday, the bicameral group of 132 Republican members of Congress argued that an appeals court was right to rule last year that the Bureau's funding system is unlawful.
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JPMorgan Chase hired Silicon Valley Bank veteran John China to co-lead the business of banking venture capitalists and startups, part of the firm's growth strategy for the sector.
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Ian is the co-founder and CEO of Koffie Financial, a finsurtech platform purpose-built for the trucking and transportation industry. With insurance at its core, Koffie's instant and transparent financial services empower truckers with the modern tools and technology necessary to drive efficiency and safety. He is an entrepreneurial leader at the intersection of data, enterprise markets and geospatial analysis.
Previously Ian served as founder/CEO of Urban Mapping, a web-based mapping platform he sold to Pitney Bowes in 2015. Customers included Tableau Software, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Kayak, IAC, CoStar Group.
He has also served in a senior role at a startup that acted as outsourced research for the financial services industry, focusing on alternative data to generate alpha for hedge funds.
He blogs on themes relating to data, the whimsical and occasional adventure travel at Post-employment.com and more about his background on LinkedIn.
Ian has an MBA from Babson College, BA from McGill University and attended high school in Ireland and France. He currently lives in Raleigh, NC.
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The biggest of the big banks don't like the Federal Reserve's new vision for bank capital, but the changes will hurt their regional peers more. Once again, the advantage lies with the megabanks.
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At a hearing Tuesday, consumer advocates called for a ban on deferred interest credit cards, and CFPB Director Rohit Chopra echoed their concerns. The agency signaled that actions to combat unfair fees in the medical realm could be coming soon.
July 11
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The announcement resolves the final outstanding order between Capital One and prudential regulators over its 2019 cyber incident.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Bank of America to repay $100 million to customers who were charged multiple penalty fees when their accounts did not have enough money to cover payments, as well as those who did not receive the credit card rewards they were promised. The bank was also fined for opening a small number of accounts without customers' authorization.
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Sonata Bank is piloting a mobile bank account with fringe benefits for employees of franchise restaurants.
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Falk Sonnenschmidt is senior vice president of strategy at device management startup
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