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Triumph Bancorp to buy software firm to fill gap in its payments business

FDIC approves application for Climate First Bank

Subchapter V’s $7.5 Million Debt Limit Is Extended (But Only For A Year!!)

By: Donald L Swanson It’s finally happened — on bi-partisan and nearly-unanimous votes. The $7.5 million debt limit for Subchapter V eligibility, set to expire on March 27, 2021, is extended. Yet, it took a March 2021 fire drill to do so ( see this

PacWest buying large HOA business from MUFG Union Bank

Yellen calls FSOC back to order; Boston Fed, MIT working on digital dollar

Drew Brees joins board of Business First Bancshares

Good Student Loan News

Just more punting the issues down the road – Good News On Student Loan ! but good news for student loan borrowers. About a million student loan borrowers who were left out of earlier relief efforts are getting a reprieve — but only if they defaulted

March 2021 Ponzi Scheme Roundup

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for March 2021. The reported stories reflect at least 5 new Ponzi schemes worldwide, 3 guilty pleas, about 50 years of prison sentences, and an average age of approximately 47

Little things go a long way with these fintechs' employees

MX, a fast-growing firm, nurtures a play-hard, work-hard vibe

How Brian McLaughlin keeps Redtail’s spirit alive while working from home

Rightsizing the Fed’s emergency lending powers

Best Fintechs to Work For 2021

Finicity plots growth in mortgage and credit in yellow sneakers

Facet Wealth re-thinks office space as it doubles employee count

Sila’s craftsmanship culture treats new hires as apprentices

NCUA liquidates Indianapolis’ Newspaper FCU

PREPARING FOR THE POST COVID ECONOMY

ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW ROARING TWENTIES? The U.S. economy has been pumped up with more than $4 billion from the Feds. That’s a lot of new cash for businesses and consumers to tap into along with support from a whole lot of new technologies. As we

Yellen's priorities at FSOC: Climate risk, hedge funds, bond market

Law Review: Foohey, Pamela and Lawless, Robert M. and Thorne, Deborah, Portraits of Consumer Bankruptcy Filers in the United States (March 18, 2021). Georgia Law Review, Vol. 56, Forthcoming.

Abstract:One in ten adult Americans have turned to the consumer bankruptcy system for help. For the past almost forty years, the only systematic data collection about the people who file bankruptcy comes from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP)