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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

PYMNTS

15) announced that it is assessing a $390 million penalty against Capital One for engaging in what it says are “both willful and negligent violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). According to a statement from FinCEN , Capital One admitted to failing to implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program.

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Automation tipping point for financial transaction taxes arrives

Bobsguide

Financial transaction taxes (FTT), a levy on financial transactions such as the purchase or sale of financial instruments, have been on the radar of capital markets firms for over a decade. The 2008 global financial crisis created political pressure to ensure that the financial sector contributed.

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The Top 1000 banks in the world

Chris Skinner

The Royal Bank of Scotland fell from 19th to 30th and Lloyds fell from 24th to 35th in the ranking, which uses Tier 1 capital as its key measure. HSBC previously topped the ranking in 2008. In 2008, UK banks delivered 10% of global banking profits; however, that contribution has shrunk to 1.80%.

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Commercial Real Estate or Business Lending: Which Is Better?

Jeff For Banks

The charts below show the pre-tax profits as a percent of the total product portfolio during different rate scenarios compared to the Fed Funds Rate. So the answer, from a straight pre-tax profit perspective, is commercial real estate in more recent times and a rising rate environment. The pre-tax ROA might not look great.

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Collections Predictions 2021: After the Debt Tsunami, the Flood

FICO

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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It's easy to see why Barclays' shares fell despite good figures | Nils Pratley

TheGuardian

A drenching is inevitable, but this crisis is not a rerun of 2008-09. Capital buffers are high. The whirl of activity in fixed-income, currency and corporate fundraising markets was the main reason why the group, even after the hefty provisioning whack, notched up pre-tax profits of £1.3bn in the half-year.

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Cash Flow A Tough Lesson To Learn For SMBs

PYMNTS

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone, despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. Twelve percent of small businesses surveyed by Wells Fargo said the biggest lesson they learned since the 2008 financial crisis was to monitor cash flow.

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