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CFPB Pushes Banks Toward Low-Risk Checking Services
CFPB Pushes Banks Toward Low-Risk Checking Services
February 03, 2016  |  Regulation

In its latest address, the CFPB has urged banks to improve checking account access by offering lower risk, lower cost checking account options. The CFPB...

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The Fed’s Faster Payments Progress Report
The Fed’s Faster Payments Progress Report
February 03, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The Federal Reserve offered up some formal analysis on Tuesday (Feb. 2) about the 12 months following the publication of “Strategies for Improving the U.S....

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Bank Stocks Slide, Warnings Signs Persist
Bank Stocks Slide, Warnings Signs Persist
February 02, 2016  |  International

Amid sinking energy prices and stagnant interest rates (even after a Fed hike), financial stocks have been taking it on the chin. As of Tuesday...

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Alphabet Tops Apple As Most Valuable Company
Alphabet Tops Apple As Most Valuable Company
February 02, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

In the stock market, as in the dictionary, Alphabet comes before Apple — perhaps not forever but for now. As the investing world anticipated, shares...

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MasterCard Adds Cybersecurity-Focused Exec To Ranks
MasterCard Adds Cybersecurity-Focused Exec To Ranks
February 02, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

MasterCard took another step in securing its cybersecurity-focused plans when it announced the appointment of Alexander N.M. Niejelow as its senior VP of public policy, starting...

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JPMorgan’s Blockchain Test Project Begins
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Test Project Begins
February 02, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

JPMorgan Chase has officially kicked off its blockchain test project, according to Financial Times. This step forward by a major bank is part of the...

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Bated Breath for Alphabet’s Earnings Soup
Bated Breath for Alphabet’s Earnings Soup
February 01, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Just a few hours to go until we find out if Alphabet (Google) has done right by investors by sinking tons of money into new,...

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