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Chinese Hackers Stole Living Will Data from FDIC, Lawmaker Claims

American Banker

The resolution plan data was accessed as part of a breach that initiated in October 2010 and continued for an extended period of time, eventually infecting the workstations of then FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair as well as other top agency officials.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. Perhaps Cole’s biggest concern is the precedent it would set if Square is successful at securing such a charter.

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FBI Investigating FDIC Cyberattack Linked to China: Report

American Banker

A 2010 cyberattack targeting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — — believed to have originated in China — is reportedly the subject of an FBI investigation.

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

The quickness with which these Wall Street-driven nonbank lenders—variously called peer-to-peer, online marketplace or financial technology (FinTech) lenders—can fulfill borrowers’ requests has enabled alternative lending to double every year since 2010. FDIC-insured deposits largely solve this problem for banks.

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Real Estate: Love it or hate it?

Jeff For Banks

As I understand it, government officials (excluding regulators) want banks to lend, banks have the cash to lend, bankers are hesitant to lend, and regulators would just as soon have you hire another compliance officer and purchase a U.S. Much of the standoff revolves around real estate secured lending. Are these more reliable?

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. In 2010, LendingClub added to its war chest with a $24.5 On Friday (Sept.

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