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    Morning Scan Fannie, Freddie announce new refi fee; Wells compliance chief is leaving

    The 50-basis-point charge drew an immediate backlash from mortgage lenders; Mike Roemer is leaving after two years on the job and will be replaced by Paula Dominick of Credit Suisse Americas.

    By George Yacik
    August 14
    Pedestrians walk past a Wells Fargo bank branch in Los Angeles.
  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Goldman, Barclays sizing up GM card; Fed official warns on pandemic

    The card account, which has about $3 billion in outstandings, has about a year to run with Capital One; Boston Fed chief says recent virus outbreaks threaten economic rebound.

    By George Yacik
    August 13
    Eric Rosengren, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Stripe poaches GM's CFO; Goldman's Solomon shows his mettle

    Dhivya Suryadevara will help the online payments company as it expands globally; the CEO has kept the bank moving forward during the pandemic while competitors have faltered.

    By George Yacik
    August 12
    David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
  • Morning scan
    A case for European consolidation; U.K. probing Barclays spyware

    The FT makes the case for a combination of some of Europe’s worst-performing banks; the privacy watchdog is investigating charges that Barclays is tracking its employees too closely.

    By George Yacik
    August 11
    Signage hangs from Barclays head offices at the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district in London on March 21, 2017.
  • Morning scan
    Auto loan market faces big tests; U.K.’s big four banks boost market share

    Debt outstanding and loan delinquencies were already at or near record levels before the pandemic hit; the trend toward greater oligopoly has competition watchers worried.

    By George Yacik
    August 10
    A NatWest logo sits on a bank branch in London on July 27, 2020.
  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan ICE buys mortgage tech firm Ellie Mae; Capital One fined $80 million for hack

    The firm’s software helps automate digital home loan closings; the OCC said the bank failed to implement adequate risk processes before it transferred its customer data to the public cloud.

    By George Yacik
    August 7
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  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Quicken reduces size of IPO; Democrats call for a new Fed mandate

    The big mortgage lender now expects to raise only $1.8 billion after originally setting a goal of $3.3 billion; the bill would make reducing racial inequality an official part of the Fed’s mission.

    By George Yacik
    August 6
    The 2016 Republican National Convention
  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Banks tighten consumer underwriting; de novo Chicago bank to focus on women

    While borrowers seek the lowest interest rates ever, lenders have made it harder for some to access them; former JPMorgan Chase executive will serve as chair of First Women’s Bank.

    By George Yacik
    August 5
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  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Commerzbank defies activist Cerberus; the SBA’s other disaster loan program

    The bank is siding with its biggest investor, the German government, over its second largest holder, which wants big cost cuts; the EIDL has had to reduce loan sizes to meet huge demand.

    By George Yacik
    August 4
  • Morning scan
    Morning Scan Card debt, delinquencies drop; Wells dumps assets to satisfy Fed

    Government stimulus programs are buoying consumers hurt by the coronavirus shutdown; the bank has been forced to sell loans to stay within the Fed-imposed $1.95 trillion asset cap.

    By George Yacik
    August 3
    HSBC headquarters
  • Morning scan
    Fintech lender Affirm mulling IPO; Fannie, Freddie profits improve

    The online installment lender could be worth as much as $10 billion; the GSEs' net income jumped sharply from the first quarter after the rebound in the housing market.

    By George Yacik
    July 31
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  • Morning scan
    Powell warns on recovery; will coin shortage doom the penny?

    The Fed announced no new actions but chairman says rebound depends on containing the virus; advocates say this may be the right time to pull the plug on the lowly one-cent coin.

    By George Yacik
    July 30
    Roll of U.S. pennies.
  • Morning scan
    Fed extends emergency lending programs; Visa reports 23% profit hit

    The programs, which had been set to expire at the end of September, will now run at least to the end of the year; but U.S. payments volume "meaningfully improved" throughout the quarter.

    By George Yacik
    July 29
    The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building stands in Washington.
  • Morning scan
    Shelton loses another GOP senator; Senate bill may include looser capital regs

    Susan Collins said she will join Mitt Romney in voting against the Fed nominee; the Republican proposal would give regulators discretion to let banks exclude certain assets for capital purposes

    By George Yacik
    July 28
    Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine
  • Morning scan
    Durbin asks Fed to probe card fees; European banks brace for more bad debt provisions

    The Illinois senator wants the Fed to investigate alleged anticompetitive practices in debit card transactions; reserves at Western lenders are poised to hit their highest level since 2009.

    By George Yacik
    July 27
    Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 21, 2020.
  • Morning scan
    Berkshire adds to BofA stake; global banks conform to new Hong Kong reality

    Warren Buffett’s company is taking advantage of a 30% drop in the stock price to buy 34 million shares; the banks aren’t making waves as Beijing tightens its grip.

    By George Yacik
    July 24
    Hong Kong skyline.
  • Morning scan
    Bogus firms use banks to process drug buys; branches wrestle with mask mandates

    Bad actors are taking advantage of e-commerce weak spots, using fake online businesses to process payments for drugs and other illicit purchase; masks may make sense at Walmart, but what about Bank of America?

    By George Yacik
    July 23
    A security guard wears a protective mask as a customer uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch in Los Angeles on April 1, 2020.
  • Morning scan
    Shelton closer to Fed seat; Wells gets a new CFO

    Her nomination now moves to the full Senate after banking panel confirms her in party-line vote; Scharf adds another BNY Mellon colleague, Mike Santomassimo, to his senior team.

    By George Yacik
    July 22
    Judy Shelton, President Trump's nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 13, 2020.
  • Morning scan
    RBS tells employees to remain home; Shelton inches closer to joining Fed

    The “vast majority” of the U.K. bank’s employees have been told they can work remotely the rest of the year; the controversial Fed pick is expected to clear the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday.

    By George Yacik
    July 21
    Judy Shelton, President Trump's nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 13, 2020.
  • Morning scan
    Investment banking windfall likely a one-off; bankruptcies expected to rise

    Trading revenues probably won’t be able to make up for looming credit losses going forward; consumer insolvencies have been held back so far by federal stimulus, which is set to expire.

    By George Yacik
    July 20
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