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State Street arm vows voting action on companies with all-male boards
The Boston-based bank's investment arm wants companies on major indexes in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia to have women make up 30% of their boards by next year.
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Wells Fargo joins Bank of America in overdraft-stemming moves
The San Francisco-based lender said Tuesday it would eliminate non-sufficient fund fees and provide a 24-hour grace period on overdrafts. Bank of America earlier in the day said it would cut overdraft fees to $10 from $35.
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Citi to exit retail banking in Mexico
Santander has emerged as a potential bidder for the business, which represents $44 billion in assets and Citi's largest branch network, Bloomberg reported. Citi will hold on to its institutional business in the country.
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Powell hints at Fed's inflation moves, CBDC paper, ethics rules in hearing
The oft-delayed digital currency white paper is coming "within weeks," Powell said, but is "an exercise in asking questions and seeking input ... rather than taking a lot of positions."
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Dimon: 'We're not going to pay you not to work in the office'
JPMorgan's CEO said the bank's policy toward COVID-19 vaccination would vary by locality. The bank hasn't threatened termination, as Citi has. But Dimon told CNBC, "To go to the office, you have to be vaxxed."
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Richard Clarida, Fed's outgoing vice chair, resigns
His last day is Friday, less than three weeks before his term was slated to end. An amended disclosure last week revealed Clarida sold a stock fund and re-bought it three days later, ahead of a Fed interest-rate move.
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ColumnBank of America's bonus do-over
A purported 40% bump to the bank's bonus pool could set the tone among Wall Street rivals. It also may be a belated olive branch for last year, when bonuses stood pat despite a 20% revenue boost in 2020.
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ATMs may have peaked in 2019, research finds
A Euromonitor International executive predicts the once-revolutionary dispensers may be gone within 25 years — a consequence of reduced demand and higher costs for servicing the machines.
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Citi moves ahead with Jan. 14 vaccine mandate deadline
Office workers who don't upload their COVID-19 vaccination card or request an exemption by that day will be placed on unpaid leave Jan. 15 and terminated Jan. 31, Bloomberg and The New York Times reported.
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Nebraska agency denies GreenState Credit Union bank deal
The credit union, established under Iowa laws, does not meet the definition of a "financial institution" that can participate in cross-industry acquisitions or mergers in Nebraska, a hearing officer ruled.
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Neobank Starling halts advertising on Facebook, Instagram
The U.K.-based fintech's CEO, in a blog post, said the company would not post ads on Meta platforms until the social media giant addresses its scammer infestation.
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Credit bureaus increasingly fail on consumer complaint response, CFPB finds
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion reported relief in response to less than 2% of covered complaints filed in 2021, compared with 25% in 2019, the bureau reported Wednesday.
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Clarida stock-trading controversy deepens
An amended financial disclosure shows the Fed vice chair sold an exchange-traded fund Feb. 24, 2020, then re-bought it Feb. 27, calling into question a previous characterization of the move.
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Wells Fargo chief risk officer to retire in June
"Living through a pandemic teaches you things, and I've realized that now is the time to do some things I want and need to do outside of my career," Wells CRO Amanda Norton wrote in a memo Tuesday.
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Santander finds itself in a Citi moment with $175M error
In looking to claw back duplicate payments, Santander may find varying levels of cooperation from other banks. The incident may also prompt regulators to examine the lender's risk management framework and history.
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5 banking trends to watch in 2022
A reversal on in-office work from a hard-liner like Goldman Sachs may represent a pivot point in the acceptance of remote policies. But other narratives, such as small-scale niche M&A, mark a continuation from 2021.
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Morgan Stanley, Capital One's old errors cause new headaches
The banks, collectively, agreed to pay $250 million to settle class-action lawsuits connected to data breaches for which the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency levied penalties in 2020.
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NCUA OKs crypto partnerships for credit unions
"Financial services has always been 'adapt or die,'" Kyle Hauptman, the regulator's vice chair, told CoinDesk. "I don't want credit unions to go the way of Blockbuster Video because we, the regulators, prevented innovation."
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FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams resigns
McWilliams' resignation comes after a power struggle emerged when Democratic FDIC board members Rohit Chopra and Martin Gruenberg published a review of bank merger policies without her approval.
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BNPL growth prompts change from credit bureaus
Paying in installments has become wildly popular, but many of these plans aren't reflected on consumers' credit reports. Credit agencies say adaptations are coming.
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Green Dot, PayPal helped Secret Service recover more than $400M in stolen COVID-19 relief funds
Criminals have swindled nearly $100 billion through fraudulent applications since the start of the pandemic in the U.S., the agency said this week.
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Citi spins off its Philippine retail presence
About 1,750 employees will transfer to Union Bank of the Philippines, which agreed Thursday to take on the American bank's footprint in a deal set to close in 2022's second quarter.
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Wells Fargo postpones office return indefinitely
Tuesday's move marks the fifth delay to the bank's timeline since August. Wells is not alone in resisting setting a new target date. Capital One gave up on that in October.
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CFPB shuts down online lender LendUp
The fintech agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty as part of a settlement. It stopped originating loans this summer and expects to wind down operations early next year. A digital bank the parent company operates will not be affected.
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ColumnTiming of Bank of America's stay-home call is either grinchy or genius
Giving New York City-area workers a remote option after the weekend keeps them on a shorter leash. By contrast, JPMorgan's announcement Friday, in theory, offered some a chance to flee town early.
