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Ian Liu is a Client Executive with Global Risk Consultants. Ian is a RIMS conference speaker and thought leader in the risk engineering industry. He previously worked with AXA XL and FM. He earned a Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Sustainable Energy from the University of Toronto.
August 22
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A federal appeals court granted the government's request to pause a ruling that briefly restored Democratic National Credit Union Administration board members Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, leaving the regulator with a single board member pending appeal.
August 22
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Erik Porter will succeed Lisa Oliver as president and CEO of the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod; Gary Hall and Sobani Warner are named co-presidents of Siebert Williams Shank; Faiz Ahmad and Mike Joo will lead Bank of America's global investment banking unit; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
August 22
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Bank of Glen Burnie, which is seeking to recover from a stretch when its assets declined, hopes that its deal for a residential lender can help boost loan production.
August 22
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Small practices are still mired in paper. Fiserv has joined banks such as JPMorganChase and Citizens in applying new third party transaction technology to the tricky sector.
August 22
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Mike Cagney is a co-founder and serves as executive chairman of Figure, an online lending platform. He formerly co-founded SoFi.
August 22
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The President said in response to a press question about Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook that he would fire her "if she doesn't resign" over allegations of claiming primary residence at two properties she owns, though the legality of such a move is unclear.
August 22
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As part of its U.S. market strategy, the U.K.-based neobank is offering New York City commuters cashback on public transit fares when they open a new account.
August 22
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Kevin McDonald is chief operating officer and chief information security officer at Alvaka, where he has served for more than two decades. He is a member of industry and law enforcement organizations including the High-Tech Crimes Investigations Association, FBI Infragard, DHS CISA UAV Working Group and GTIA's Global Cybersecurity Task Force. He can be reached by email at
kevin@alvaka.net .August 22
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that while the central bank must "proceed carefully" in considering interest rate adjustments in the coming months, recent softness in employment "may warrant adjusting our policy stance."
August 22
