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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

PYMNTS

The average merger review time at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) declined between 2016 and 2018, too, reports in The Wall Street Journal said. Earlier this month, separate reports revealed that MOXY Bank has been approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to launch in Washington, D.C.,

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Pokemon The Surprise Retail Sizzle Of The Summer?

PYMNTS

That best day – Prime Day 2016 and you all know the stats. But when it comes to a tactic that plays rope-a-dope with the facts about something, say as serious as whether or not China hacked into the FDIC, then it is not at all cool. Top as in the very top: the FDIC chairman, his chief of staff, and the General Counsel.

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Building Financially Empowered Youth; Our Future Depends on Them

Filene

A 2013 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households showed that more than 30% of household members under the age of 24 are unbanked—significantly higher than older generations. Pictured above is our 2016 Project Teen Money scholarship winner, Robin, Summit employees and high school staff.

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Seven Big Threats Facing Seven Big Tech And Payments Players This Halloween

PYMNTS

Facebook leadership underestimated the role that platform governance plays in keeping platforms alive and thriving – and it may be too little, much too late to turn things around. And that is a bank – one with FDIC insurance and safeguards that keep their money safe. The scariest thing for Facebook is the people who use it.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. Oil Capital: The History of American Oil, Wildcatters, Independents and Their Bankers 2016 Dwight L. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F.

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2017 Banking Regulatory Predictions—Brace for a Sea Change

FICO

The FDIC, Fed and OCC recently initiated the process for drafting new cybersecurity regulations for banks with assets exceeding $50 billion. Also in 2016, federal agencies like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Defense issued cybersecurity-related rules. We’ve already seen several early indications of this.

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The Skinny on Trump’s Regulatory Reset

FICO

In my 2017 regulatory predictions post last month, I concluded by saying that the new year would be very different for the financial services industry than 2016. In addition, within the next 12 months, President Trump will be able to appoint new leaders at the OCC, Fed and FDIC. This certainly didn’t take long to come to fruition.

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