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When U.S. banks fell like dominoes during the Great Depression, the cause was often a classic run: Depositors withdrew cash en masse amid fears that lenders were amassing huge losses on bad loans and investments. The cryptocurrency era just put a new twist on that.
January 6
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's outline for upcoming regulations reflects the efforts of Director Rohit Chopra to reduce credit card late fees and overdraft fees.
January 6
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The plaintiffs allege that the banks did not catch obvious red flags or implement proper safeguards such as requiring two employees to approve each transaction.
January 6
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Chatting up Square, Afterpay's Mexico vamoose and more in banking news this week.
January 6
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By opening a recording-artist accelerator featuring virtual worlds and nonfungible tokens, the company plans to reach an industry that appeals to young consumers.
January 6
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The Chicago-based institution partnered with MANTL to streamline how credit unions onboard new customers in multiple channels.
January 6
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Siddhartha Jha is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, an insurtech and global climate risk solutions platform. Sid is also a co-founder of dClimate, the first decentralized climate information ecosystem. Before Arbol and dClimate, he had over 13 years of experience in the financial industry, covering interest rates and commodities in quantitative research and trading roles. He launched an agriculture futures trading portfolio, managing over $100 million at a major commodity trading firm. He was the first analyst at a startup commodity hedge fund, which grew to manage over $600 million in assets. He was previously a Vice President of Interest Rates Strategy at J.P. Morgan.
Sid authored the well-received book "Interest Rate Markets," published in both English and Mandarin. He has taught financial markets at NYU and was on the board of a non-profit working with inner-city youth. Sid graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics as part of a 4-year combined degree program.
January 6
- AB - Policy & Regulation
Failing to raise the debt ceiling could throw the Treasury market into disarray, and Republicans' message is undercut in Washington.
January 6
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Burdensome regulations have decimated correspondent banking relationships, harming the most vulnerable in the U.S. and abroad.
January 6
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The impact of a weakening economy on quarterly performance will become clearer by the second week of January as banks begin to report fourth-quarter earnings.
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