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Central bank digital currencies have the potential to improve financial inclusion for women, but only if they are combined with a system that lowers multiple other barriers to their financial empowerment.
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The world's largest asset manager has recognized that investing in organizations that champion environmental, social and governance issues is not an inherent good. This shows that market forces are reasserting themselves.
April 3
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The cumulative evidence of research and experience shows that overdraft is a necessary and beneficial service, especially in the hands of a credit union.
April 3
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Time and again, seemingly successful bank mergers have been rocked by revelations of poor anti-money-laundering compliance. Assessing the AML risk of a potential merger partner is extremely tricky.
April 2
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Lawmakers have a short window of time in which they can use the Congressional Review Act to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's misguided rule striking medical debt from credit reports.
April 2
Provident Bank's Tara Brady was promoted to chief experience officer; the Federal Reserve ended its enforcement action against Nano Banc; Jim Nussle announced plans to retire as CEO of America's Credit Unions; and more in this week's. banking news roundup.
The top five banks had a combined commercial real estate loan volume of more than $482 billion at the end of the fourth quarter.
The top five bank holding companies have combined business loan portfolios of more than $2.6 trillion as of Dec. 31.
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