Banking

The National Credit Union Administration will return the money to credit unions after having lowered the agency's normal operating level last year.

Valley Bank spent millions on bank acquisitions under its previous CEO. Its new leader has taken a markedly different approach.

Control breakdowns and poor governance can affect fintech partnerships of all types, whether lending, payments, deposit-taking, wealth management, or insurance activities,according to Cliff Stanford, a partner in Alston & Bird's Financial Services and Products Group.

Criminals are inventing new ways to hide dirty money amid transactions for digital goods bought and sold on everything from Amazon to game-app sites. Banks need to wake up to the threat, says Ben Duranske, Facebook Payments' former compliance chief.

The CUSO will work with AffirmX, which provides compliance and risk management offerings, on product development.

Banks thrive when they invest in their workers as opposed to obsessively tracking the strategies of rival institutions.

Pacific Mercantile and P2Bi are collaborating on a program to help businesses that are not ready for traditional bank financing.

Banks moving past traditional card lending to compete on POS; ; five board members plan to leave before the bank’s May meeting.

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Karen Mills, who led the Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, is joining the Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated as an adviser and investor as it tries to bring online-lending technology to community banks.

SalesPhysics was created by industry veterans who once worked at Bank of America.

For years Carter Bank in Virginia had resisted technology of all kinds — even ATMs. But a leadership change, rising rates and a thirst for low-cost deposits finally led to a change in philosophy.

After converting to a mutual savings bank in 2013, the former CU is set to become a fully stock-owned company.

The legislation comes a day before CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger is set to testify to Congress.

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By applying to become an industrial loan company, the fintech would be able to use insured deposit accounts as a cheap source of funding without having to comply with the tough rules banks face.

Under the recently appointed Director Kathy Kraninger, the bureau has the opportunity to address numerous problems with its collection and presentation of consumer grievances.

The Mississippi company will pay more than $200 million for the parent companies of Texas Star Bank and Summit Bank.

The white-shoe firm is relaxing its “stuffy” dress code for a more “flexible” one; the CFPB plans to toughen rules on energy-saving project lenders.

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