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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. No ISDA documents.

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Lawmakers Urge CFPB To Ease Up On Small Banks

PYMNTS

Although the CFPB has claimed, in many cases, that it allows many smaller banks and credit unions to be exempt from many of the regulations, the congressional members have expressed fear that the bureau may not be doing enough to ensure those smaller financial institution aren’t unnecessarily regulated.

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Treasury Candidate Mnuchin Drew Praise, Scorn After IndyMac Deal

American Banker

A Goldman Sachs alum, he is known as a successful change agent for his roles in the transformation of the failed IndyMac into OneWest and the revamping of CIT, but some community reinvestment advocates remain critical of him. Steven Mnuchin is widely viewed as a top pick for Treasury secretary in the Trump administration.

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Deposit Growth Outlook Dims for Small Banks

American Banker

Large banks are outpacing community banks in deposit gathering because new liquidity rules make deposits more valuable to the biggest banks, mobile banking has been a deposit magnet for the heavyweights, and regional and midsize players hold certain advantages over smaller rivals, too.

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Host of Factors Dim Deposit-Growth Outlook at Small Banks

American Banker

Large banks are outpacing community banks in deposit gathering because new liquidity rules make deposits more valuable to the biggest banks, mobile banking has been a deposit magnet for the heavyweights, and regional and midsize players hold certain advantages over smaller rivals, too.

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California Measure: A Glimmer of Hope for Legal Pot Banking

American Banker

Following the passage of the November ballot initiative, it is hugely important that cannabis businesses in the nation's largest state be able to secure bank accounts, at a minimum.

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Treasury Pick Mnuchin Drew Praise, Scorn After IndyMac Deal

American Banker

A Goldman Sachs alum, he is known as a successful change agent for his roles in the transformation of the failed IndyMac into OneWest and the revamping of CIT, but some community reinvestment advocates remain critical of him. The Trump transition team is said to have recommended that Steven Mnuchin be nominated Treasury secretary.