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5G holds 'Jetson-esque' potential for payments, Mastercard says

Flush with capital, CDFIs need to start thinking bigger

State Street will leave NYC offices in embrace of hybrid work

Submission of proposed order post-petition on state court ruling made pre-petition violates stay subjecting counsel to sanctions

Judge Specie in Pensacola, Florida sanctioned counsel for a creditor in a Subchapter V chapter 11 case for submitting a written order on the request of a state court judge substituting their client for the debtor in a pending lawsuit. The background

Who's who in the race-turned-marathon to lead OCC

The financial firms customers admire most

Why M&T-People's United met resistance in Connecticut

After Bankruptcy: Please Don’t Go Out and Co-Sign for a Car

After Bankruptcy: Please Don’t Go Right Out and Don’t Co-Sign for a Car Got an email last week that made me sad. Cherry filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy back in 2017. She recently went to buy a car and ended up getting financed by Santander at 21%. After

All Bankruptcy Roads Pass Through Chapter 5

Regardless of the ultimate destination, all bankruptcy roads lead through Chapter 5. A few bankruptcy cases are derailed there. Because Chapter 5 provisions tell you what comes into the bankruptcy estate, what can be exempted, and what can be changed

Do You Know These Exceptions To Discharge Not In The Bankruptcy Code?

Not all exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy are found in the Bankruptcy Code. Inconvenient, but true. The first two non-Code exceptions to discharge that I encountered in practice were HEAL loans, dischargeable only if denying the discharge would