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SoFi CEO dives deeper into crypto with bitcoin, Ethereum rewards

St. Mary's Credit Union promotes CFO to become next leader

North Dakota retailers sue Fed, demand lower debit fees

Mastercard and Visa take their rivalry to crypto

Outrage over OCC bid to levy higher fines on former Wells Fargo execs

You Shall Not Pass – Bankruptcy Court in Intelsat Grants Debtors’ Motion to Seal Hearing

On April 19, 2021, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted a motion (the “Seal Motion”) filed by the Intelsat S.A. debtors (the “Debtors”) to seal the hearing on the Debtors’ motion to extend exclusivity and

SEC enforcement chief Alex Oh resigns days after taking job

Bank of America, Citi risk hit to their Texas businesses over gun policies

Grasshopper Bank in New York hires former Radius CEO as next leader

Subchapter V Eligibility: “Engaged In” is NOT Modified By “Petition Date”!

By: Donald L Swanson To be eligible for Subchapter V relief, the debtor must be “a person engaged in commercial or business activities” (§ 1182(1)(a)). Opposing Views Opposing views are developing on how this “engaged in” criterion should be applied

FHFA unveils refi program; can Deutsche Bank keep it rolling?

Hitting the brakes on subprime auto lending

Banco Santander leaning more on U.S. operation for growth

LendingClub says 2021 losses will be lower than expected

No bubble in housing market, Fed’s Powell says

Lawmakers clash over OCC rule validating loan sales to nonbanks

Cost of Capital. The Past, Present and Future? | Part 2

Time to Pay the Piper? A Look at the Prospective Cost of Capital In the first installment of this series, we made the point that the corporate cost of capital has nowhere to go but up. But what does this imply in the real world? We believe the

Petal offers alt-data underwriting tech to banks. Do they want it?

CFPB pushes compliance date for qualified mortgage definition to 2022

Early CRE payoffs drive Bank OZK into new specialties