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New York's attorney general announces MoneyGram will pay a civil fine to settle a lawsuit over its handling of remittance payments; Swedish buy now/pay later lender Klarna is getting into the telecom business; Truist Financial has hired Charles Alston to lead its new nonprofit hospital, higher education and government banking team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender says Basel capital rules need to fit the U.S. economy and avoid discouraging banks from lending.
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Jeff Moore is a seasoned professional with an impressive career spanning over three decades at ATI Restoration. Throughout his tenure, Jeff's strategic vision and industry knowledge have been instrumental in driving growth and expansion for the company. His leadership has transformed ATI from a regional restoration firm with revenue of $20M into America's largest family-operated restoration company, boasting over 70+ offices nationwide and revenue exceeding $900M.
As president and chief acquisitions officer, Jeff leads the executive team, spearheads acquisitions, and is the driving force behind ATI's ongoing growth. Over the past four years, Jeff and his dedicated mergers and acquisitions team have successfully negotiated, finalized, and integrated 18 strategic acquisitions, tripling EBITDA, doubling revenue, and multiplying the number of locations threefold. In addition to his work at ATI, Jeff advocates for the restoration industry and proudly holds the position of President for the Restoration Industry Association (RIA).
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From AI to crypto to the fraud fight, the industry is rapidly evolving; these young companies are looking to take advantage.
June 20 -
Lipkin, who built Valley National Bancorp from a small community bank into a regional institution with 200 branches in four states, passed away this week at age 84.
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Financial markets were shaken but not stirred this past spring, according to the Federal Reserve, as swinging stock prices and bond yields did little to bring down elevated asset prices or leverage.
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Brenna Johnson, SVP, product management at EZLynx, is a driving force behind several of the company's newest products. Johnson is passionate about leveraging technology to solve problems for independent insurance agents. As vice president of product management, she is actively involved in all phases of the development life cycle, and hopes to help transform the insurance industry by leveraging technology to improve agency profitability, productivity and serviceability.
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The fintechs at this year's NYC Innovation Lab highlighted the demand for new forms of artificial intelligence in financial services.
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that Republicans cannot move ahead with slashing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding and Federal Reserve staff pay in the tax bill.
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Wenyu Chen is a CPA and valuation specialist with expertise in complex securities and financial instrument valuations. He is also a master's candidate in computer science at Georgia Tech.
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