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CFPB issues 2014 fair lending report

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a fair lending report covering its fair lending activities during 2014. The report states that in 2014, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $224 million in remediation. In mortgage lending, the CFPB focused on underwriting and redlining. .”

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Deep Dive: How To Improve Existing AML/KYC Requirements

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A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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China Aims To Fight Money Laundering With Int’l Cooperation

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In an effort to clamp down on cross-border money laundering, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) plans to bolster cooperation with other nations such as countries in Europe. The central bank’s efforts would home in on areas such as financial information exchange, anti-money laundering (AML) regulation and asset recovery, Reuters reported.

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How house prices respond to interest rates depends on where they are in the country

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In this post I show that historically there have been large differences in how an interest rate shock affects prices in different areas of the country, even though interest rates are determined nationally. There are widely-used estimates of housing supply elasticity for regions of the US. The evidence for the UK is even less extensive.

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How Can Regional and Mid-Tier Banks Catch Up to the Big Banks in Mobile?

Tech and Finance

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Or at least they should be. The 2016 U.S. Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study from J.D.

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Asia Closes In On UK In Forex Market Dominance

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According to the publication, the shift underscores “the growing importance of the Asian region and of China in particular in global trade.” The BIS survey, reports said, shows that the renminbi has doubled its take of the global FX market, surpassing the Mexican peso as the most traded currency among those of developing nations.

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Can Fantasy Sports Change The Payments Game?

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million in 2014 to 59.3 DraftKings ’ chief international officer, Jeffrey Haas, recently spoke with PYMNTS about the challenges involved in introducing fantasy sports to new markets, and which sports generate the most interest in different global regions. and Canada. percent between 2016 and 2020. International Growth.

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