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Barclays is planning to hand dozens of investment bankers no bonus as the slowdown in dealmaking forces it to cut payouts for a larger-than-usual group of its lowest performers.
February 9
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The consumer lender CURO Group says that its agreement with bondholders gives it a 30-day grace period, and that negotiations on a broader restructuring are continuing. The company has lost money in recent years as it shifts away from traditional payday lending to larger installment loans.
February 9
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The Providence, Rhode Island, company has recruited a head of wealth management advisors and a head of private wealth managers as part of a new strategy to reel in high-net worth clients.
February 8
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The original lawsuit was one of several filed in 2014 in a coordinated effort among federal and state regulators aimed at fraudsters trying to cheat distressed mortgage borrowers.
February 8
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It's early days in the Connecticut bank's testing of Cascading AI, but one clear benefit has emerged: The software can handle the many inquiries that come in on Friday nights, after loan officers have gone home.
February 8
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen didn't directly address the turmoil at New York Community Bank, and said that while some smaller institutions could be hit by a changing commercial real estate market, she doesn't anticipate these mortgages will become a systemic risk.
February 8
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission privately authorized sending subpoenas to Goldman for information about fees charged for some futures block trades, according to people familiar with the matter.
February 8
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Christopher M. Russo recently served as the Republican chief economist for the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. He previously held positions with the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He holds a master's degree in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago and is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in economics at George Mason University.February 8
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Jeremy Kress, a law professor at the University of Michigan, filed a petition for rulemaking to two bank regulators, asking them to adopt an unaffiliated director standard for larger banks to address conflicts of interest between banks and their holding companies.
February 8
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Laura Drabik is a frequent commentator on issues of transformation and innovation in the P&C insurance industry and Chief Evangelist at Guidewire. Drabik also oversees the Guidewire Insurtech Vanguard program, which helps insurers learn about the hottest new insurtechs and how to leverage their capabilities quickly and efficiently. She is also the author of Drabik Digest and the host of the InsurTalk podcast.
February 8
