In this week's edition of the American Banker news quiz, see how well you know material from articles about Colorado banking legislation, the failure of Republic First Bancorp, bank acquisitions and more.
Criminals breached a third-party database storing Santander customer and employee information, a type of intrusion that banks are increasingly facing.
The Florida-based bank, which has been expanding across the South, would enter major markets such as Dallas and Houston with its planned all-stock acquisition of Independent Bank Group.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr Monday spoke at length about efforts to enhance banks' liquidity and long-term debt positions after last year's bank failures while saying little about the capital hikes in the embattled interagency Basel III endgame proposal.
Originators misled VA refinance applicants into believing they could skip two months of mortgage payments, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said.
The announcement, made at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary Markets Conference, underscores Ginnie Mae's role at the forefront of digitization efforts in the capital markets space.
Investors are facing recent pressure after Republic First's collapse, allegations of criminal activity by an executive at Old National and a pending CFPB rule affecting credit card fees.
