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Capital and Risk, Credit

2023 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

February 15, 2024

Via: JD Supra

The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from consumers’ credit reports, as well as the special focus placed on medical debt in its annual report, indicates that reporting medical debt will continue to be a priority. […]


Capital and Risk, Trading

Mining Your Own Business: Tax and Estate Planning with Crypto

February 14, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Cryptocurrency, a digital form of currency that uses cryptography for security, has become a significant part of the global financial landscape. As such, it has also become an important consideration in estate planning. This Dechert OnPoint provides an overview of […]


Regulations

FTC Requires Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches

February 14, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Beginning May 11, 2024, non-banking financial institutions regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be required to submit notifications of data breaches or other security events that impact 500+ consumers. The FTC issued a final rule (the Rule) amending […]


News

US-based Primary Bank appoints Crystal Dionne as new CEO

February 13, 2024

Via: FinTech Futures

Founded in 2000, Ateo specialises in providing post-trade solutions, including post-trade allocation, clearing engine and APIs, for banks, brokers, dealers and the wider trading industry. The French company has been engaged in a partnership with Trading Technologies since November 2022, […]


Capital and Risk, Trading

Trading Technologies branches out into clearing with acquisition of Ateo

February 13, 2024

Via: FinTech Futures

Founded in 2000, Ateo specialises in providing post-trade solutions, including post-trade allocation, clearing engine and APIs, for banks, brokers, dealers and the wider trading industry. The French company has been engaged in a partnership with Trading Technologies since November 2022, […]


Capital and Risk, Trading

11 Best Regional Bank Dividend Stocks to Buy

February 12, 2024

Via: Yahoo

In this article, we discuss 11 best regional bank dividend stocks to buy. You can skip our detailed analysis of the banking sector and its performance last year, and go directly to read 5 Best Regional Bank Dividend Stocks to […]


Activity, Corporate Banking

Bill Holdings, Bank of America revamp contract

February 12, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

Bill Holdings had been planning on increased work from Bank of America, but now that plan is up in the air, the CEO for the bill-pay fintech said last week. Bill, which provides bill pay and other accounting software services […]


Capital and Risk, Credit

Credit unions should expect increased supervision from NCUA on overdraft/NSF fees, vendor risk, and fair lending

February 9, 2024

Via: JD Supra

On February 6, 2024, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Todd M. Harper spoke at a Brookings Institution event to outline his regulatory agenda and supervisory priorities for 2024. His prepared remarks addressed the 90th Anniversary of the Federal Credit […]


News

PayPal cost-cutting likely to persist

February 8, 2024

Via: Payments Dive

PayPal’s new management isn’t finished cutting costs in its pursuit of more profitable growth, according to the digital payment company’s new chief financial officer. Chiming in for the first time Wednesday during a presentation of the San Jose-based company’s fourth-quarter […]


Regulations

Reforms to Financial Laws in Administrative Procedure

February 7, 2024

Via: JD Supra

The Decree responds to various criteria issued by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (the “SCJN”), which declared that several financial laws were unconstitutional. These criteria had been leveraged by participants in the financial sector to vacate fines and sanctions. For […]


Regulations

Bank Groups Sue US Regulators to Halt Anti-Redlining Rules

February 6, 2024

Via: Insurance Journal

Several industry groups sued US regulators to block recent overhauls to the Community Reinvestment Act, arguing the new rules meant to tackle redlining and boost lending to lower-income areas will actually discourage banks from lending. The American Bankers Association, U.S. […]


Activity, Investment Banking, News

Deutsche Bank to cut 3,500 roles over two years amid €2.5bn savings drive

February 5, 2024

Via: FinTech Futures

The German investment bank says the cuts will mainly apply to “non-client-facing areas” as it looks to streamline its business in Germany and lower its annual total operating cost to €20 billion by 2025. Deutsche Bank currently employs around 90,000 […]


News

Vast Bank exits cryptocurrency market, closes crypto banking mobile app

February 5, 2024

Via: FinTech Futures

Launched in 2021, the app enabled the bank’s customers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency through partnerships with German software firm SAP and crypto exchange Coinbase. Upon the launch, Vast Bank claimed it had become the first bank in the […]


Channels

Why ‘pay-by-bank’ faces adoption hurdles in US retail

February 5, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

For U.S. merchants butting heads with card networks over card swipe fees, the answer might be to bypass cards altogether and allow funds to move directly from the payer to recipient via account-to-account payments — the “pay-by-bank” method. The problem […]


News

Bank of America expects employee sabbaticals to pay dividends

February 2, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

“Sabbatical” is typically a word associated with tenured professors, who take time off to pursue intellectual pursuits. But what if you didn’t have to teach university courses to earn extended paid time off? Bank of America’s offering, launched in January […]


Activity, Capital and Risk, Corporate Banking, Credit

SellersFi, Amazon team up to offer up to $10M in credit lines

January 31, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

SellersFi, a global e-commerce financing and financial services company, is partnering with Amazon Lending to offer eligible sellers credit lines of up to $10 million, the companies announced Tuesday. CEO and co-founder Ricardo Pero said the credit lines are targeting […]


Capital and Risk, Credit

BNPL lender Sunbit secures $310m debt facility with Citi and Ares Management Credit

January 31, 2024

Via: FinTech Futures

The facility builds upon a previous $250 million debt facility the fintech landed with Credit Suisse and Waterfall Asset Management in December 2022. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, USA, Sunbit provides a buy now, pay later (BNPL) […]


News

The banking industry outlook on 2024: The year of wait-and-see

January 30, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

2023 brought the most contentious proposed regulation in years: a revamp that would require the U.S.’s biggest banks to hold roughly 19% more capital than they do now. Lawmakers and trade groups opposed to the rule first attacked it on […]


Regulations

NY AG sues Citi over denied fraud claims

January 30, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Citi in federal court Tuesday, alleging the bank fails to protect customers from fraud and refuses to reimburse victims. “Banks are supposed to be the safest place to keep money, yet Citi’s negligence […]


Activity, Corporate Banking

California banks merge in $233.6M deal

January 30, 2024

Via: Banking Dive

Billed as a “merger of equals,” the deal will create a $4.6 billion-asset company with a presence in some of California’s strongest areas for mid-market business banking. “The expanded scale and capabilities we will have as a result of this […]