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Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models

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After years of pain and heartache around the letters C-F-P-B, bankers were ecstatic at the appointment of “hands off” Mick Mulvaney as interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and his decidedly “non-Cordray” approach to financial regulation. 2: The Bulls. Sadly, the silence was deafening.

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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That seems like a lifetime in this business,” said Congressman French Hill of Arkansas. Accessibility Beyond Big Banks. But while members of the payments ecosystem support FedNow, its development must address a wide range of issues, from lowering costs to addressing the risk of fraud to enabling FinTech accessibility.

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