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EU Probe: Danske Ignored Russia’s Money Laundering Warnings

PYMNTS

The warnings were sent in 2007 and 2013, and the information stems from the outcome of an investigation by the European Banking Authority (EBA). According to the document, Danske Bank was warned by the Russian bank after it acquired Finland’s Sampo Bank and its Estonian business in February 2007.

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Wells Fargo Computer Glitch Forced Hundreds Of Foreclosures

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that hundreds of individuals saw their homes in foreclosure because of a glitch in software the company used. According to a report in CNN citing Wells Fargo , software it used denied mortgage modification requests incorrectly.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update - First Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

Our lives changed forever from this whole experience of the government’s declaration of a national emergency, leading to forced shutdowns of businesses and schools, mandated mask wearing, forcing 6-foot distances between people, travel restrictions, fear mongering with case and death counts, and forced vaccines/boosters. Real GDP was +3.2%

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. From Q2 of 1993 through the end of 2007, household debt as a percentage of disposable personal income climbed by 26% to13.1%. What followed was a new level of prosperity.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. In my career, I’ve lived through many years of the Fed raising interest rates and it’s my experience that they usually tighten too much and keep rates high for too long, just like in 2001 and 2006-2007. The economy has grown 2.2%

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Housing markets have begun to improve with the national indices showing year-over-year growth of 3% to 4% recently. We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. The tax bracket changes become permanent and that will allow planning to resume. Oh, wait, our Congress!

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What Goes Up …

Independent Banker

He says building owners must pay utility bills and property taxes even if a prime tenant has vacated, giving underlying stability to the oil industry and their supporting loans. Hydraulic fracturing by drillers has sent the region on an oil-producing frenzy since 2007. But North Dakota is a newcomer to the oil-producing world.