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A new survey of 1,500 adults showed that Hispanics appear to be leading the charge toward mobile banking with nearly half of those surveyed using banking apps and bank websites more than a year ago. (Dallas Business Journal)
Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/techflash/2015/07/hispanics-adapting-to-mobile-banking-faster-than.html to view the full article online. |
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Many financial services firms are still running mainframe legacy systems that are 30-plus years old—expensive, batch rather than real-time, inflexible and built with an architecture around products while the new mantra in finance is customer centric. (Forbes)
Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2015/07/21/updating-replacing-surrounding-core-banking-system/ to view the full article online. |
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Much has been written about the failure of state and federal prosecutors to pursue criminal cases after the 2008 financial crisis. This is a different story, of a powerful prosecutor relentlessly pursuing a speck of a bank that for 31 years has prudently served an immigrant community in New York City. (New York Times)
Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/business/a-tiny-banks-surreal-trip-through-a-fraud-prosecution.html to view the full article online. |
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ABA Board Member F. Scott Dueser—who is chairman, president and CEO of First Financial Bankshares Inc., Abilene, Texas—told White House Conference on Aging participants how his bank and others can take a proactive stance on preventing fraud and financial exploitation of seniors. (ABA Banking Journal)
Visit http://bankingjournal.aba.com/2015/07/aba-addresses-elder-financial-abuse-at-white-house-conference/ to view the full article online. |
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The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and confidence among homebuilders held at a more than 9-and-a-half year high in July, indicating underlying momentum in the economy. (Reuters)
Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/16/us-usa-economy-jobs-idUSKCN0PQ1AJ20150716 to view the full article online. |
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U.S. banks are setting aside more money to cover bad loans to energy companies after oil prices plunged over the last year, raising the possibility that deteriorating loans could start to weigh on their earnings, some analysts say. (Reuters)
Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/21/us-usa-banks-credit-insight-idUSKCN0PV0C120150721 to view the full article online. |
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An op-ed by ABA President and CEO Frank Keating in The Hill notes that—in addition to being exempt from taxes—credit unions enjoy a "compliant federal regulator that often acts like a cheerleader for the industry it is supposed to be supervising." (The Hill)
Visit http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/248828-time-for-congress-to-tackle-credit-unions-runaway to view the full article online. |
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The Fed’s warning, articulated in a pair of rules it finalized Monday, is among the central bank’s starkest postcrisis regulatory moves pressing Wall Street banks to reconsider their size and appetite for risk. (Nasdaq)
Visit http://www.nasdaq.com/article/fed-lifts-capital-requirements-for-banks--3rd-update-20150720-01016 to view the full article online. |
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The U.S. Federal Reserve has proposed a rule to make changes to its annual exam of the financial health of the banks it oversees, the so-called stress tests. (Reuters)
Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-banks-regulations-fed-idUSKCN0PR20O20150717 to view the full article online. |
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ABA President and CEO Frank Keating discusses how Dodd-Frank, which turned five on July 21, has impacted banks and how the law should be improved in a "Bloomberg Surveillance" interview. (Bloomberg)
Visit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-21/banks-have-never-been-healthier-keating to view the full article online. |
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ABA and several other bank trade groups yesterday wrote to Senate leaders opposing a provision in the Highway Trust Fund reauthorization bill that would reduce the dividends paid on Federal Reserve Bank stock to Fed member banks. (ABA Banking Journal)
Visit http://bankingjournal.aba.com/2015/07/aba-groups-oppose-senate-proposal-to-limit-fed-dividends/ to view the full article online. |
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The Treasury Department has begun a study of online marketplace lenders, as the federal government looks to determine whether regulations are keeping up with the rapidly growing industry. (New York Times)
Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/business/dealbook/treasury-examines-whether-to-regulate-online-lenders.html?_r=0 to view the full article online. |
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Growing regulatory compliance burdens have led nearly half of banks to reduce their offerings of financial products and services, according to ABA’s biannual Survey of Bank Chief Compliance Officers. (ABA Banking Journal)
Visit http://bankingjournal.aba.com/2015/07/compliance-officers-growing-reg-burden-limits-products-services/ to view the full article online. |
