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Pence breaks tie to overturn rule prohibiting mandatory arbitration; depositors receiving higher rates in effort to retain them.
October 25 -
Treasury contests agency’s claims that ban on mandatory arbitration benefits consumers; former head of FX trading used client information to profit the bank.
October 24 -
Bank fires four forex traders, while the OCC slams its auto lending practices; United wants to renegotiate its co-branded credit card agreement with JPM.
October 23 -
Payments company reports double-digit increases in both profit and revenue; card company faces intense competition.
October 20 -
Chenault to leave credit card giant helm after 16 years, vice chairman will take his place; Brett Redfearn named the agency’s director of trading and markets.
October 19 -
Quarterly earnings at big five banks could have been worse; Chase to buy WePay, which helps online marketplaces and crowdfunding websites process payments.
October 18 -
Supreme Court will hear challenge to card company’s anti-steering rules; Anthony Alexis has been in the role for most of the agency’s six years of existence.
October 17 -
JPM chief says digital currency “has no actual value,” but likes the blockchain technology behind it; lender will wait until “the time is right” before re-applying.
October 16 -
The ratings agency said its systems were not compromised, but it is taking precautions on reports of an attempted hack; new MIT-backed comapny to rate financial firms on vulnerability to financial crime.
October 13 -
John Flint, HSBC's current retail chief, will take the helm next February; asset manager BlackRock has added $1 trillion of assets in the past year, or more than $1.5 billion every business day.
October 12 -
Hackers accessed driver’s license data on nearly 11 million people, the company says; the rally in bank shares may sputter out if third-quarter earnings reports disappoint.
October 11 -
Deutsche and Barclays chiefs are under different pressures to turn their banks around; with mergers and acquisitions at a low, deal for OneMain would be big.
October 10 -
New regulation could wipe out the business, some critics of the regulation say; Randal Quarles will be the Fed's first vice chairman for bank oversight.
October 6 -
Day two of Equifax hearing focuses as much on business model as on the data breach; Fed chair again says she supports bank rules that are not "unduly burdensome."
October 5 -
Former Equifax CEO blames one employee’s mistake for the massive hack; Warren calls Sloan “incompetent” and says he should be fired.
October 4 -
Former Equifax CEO and Wells Fargo chief both expected to issue mea culpas to Congress; Goldman apparently likes digital currency.
October 3 -
A number of banks and business groups sue to block prohibition on mandatory arbitration; credit bureau weighs how far back to look in denying compensation.
October 2 -
While some aspects of the plan would hurt, lower corporate tax rate would increase bank earnings; Wall Street firm thinks the majority of its clients prefer human advisers.
September 29 -
Regulators disagree whether proposed changes to capital requirements would ease burden on community banks; JPMorgan on hook if jury award not overturned.
September 28 -
The embattled Smith may lose severance benefits, depending on firm’s probe into data breach; Clayton grilled about why the agency took so long to act after Edgar hack.
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