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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.

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Lawmakers Urge CFPB To Ease Up On Small Banks

PYMNTS

Although the CFPB has claimed, in many cases, that it allows many smaller banks and credit unions to be exempt from many of the regulations, the congressional members have expressed fear that the bureau may not be doing enough to ensure those smaller financial institution aren’t unnecessarily regulated.

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C&I's Problems Go Well Beyond Energy Loans

American Banker

Nonperforming commercial-and-industrial loans are soaring, and loans to farmers and construction firms — not just oil and gas companies — are a big reason.

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Why Many Banks Are Hanging On to FDIC Loss-Share Pacts

American Banker

Plenty of banks have ended their federal loss-share deals early, but despite the incentives to wind them down, plenty more still have these crisis-era arrangements in place. It may be due to varying deadlines, mistakes calculating loan values or worries that they still might need the coverage for home equity lines.

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On The Hill, Banking’s Biggest Get Grilled

PYMNTS

The Trump administration has promised — and, in some cases, has been executing on promises — to roll back at least some of the regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank tenets that took shape a decade ago. Others mentioned shadow banks, which are non-bank lenders. The CEO names are well-known. On Guns And Cryptos.

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On The Hill, Banking’s Biggest Get Grilled

PYMNTS

The Trump administration has promised — and, in some cases, has been executing on promises — to roll back at least some of the regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank tenets that took shape a decade ago. Others mentioned shadow banks, which are non-bank lenders. The CEO names are well-known. On Guns And Cryptos.

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