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Kimberlee Cornett is the director of impact investments at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
March 28
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Byron Storms has served as president and CEO of Aspire General Insurance Services and Aspire General Insurance Company since August 2015. Prior to joining Aspire General Insurance, he was the president of property & casualty at National General Management Corp from 2012 to 2015. From 2007 to 2012, Storms was president and CEO of ClearSide General Insurance Services, LLC, which was acquired in November 2011 by National General. Storms has a proven track record of assembling strong teams, integrating and implementing technology solutions that create core operational strength, and supporting effective growth.
March 28
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The bank's new Seattle hub will focus on artificial intelligence, generative models, and cloud innovation, close to partners like AWS and Anthropic.
March 28
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The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has a new initiative for engaging with financial institutions to uncover tax and financial fraud.
March 28
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In a surprise move, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that it will not enforce or supervise lenders for the final payday lending rule. The bureau also plans to narrow the scope of the rule.
March 28
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The bank now offers personal loans up to $50,000 to State Farm customers, the latest step in its effort to broaden its customer base by teaming up with other companies.
March 28
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The Federal Reserve governor said it is healthy to examine the regulatory architecture, but stressed the importance of the central bank having insight into the banking system.
March 28
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BMO hired former CEO of Citi Private Bank Halé Behzadi to accelerate the bank's growth strategy in California; Pennsylvania's Linkbancorp received regulatory approval to sell its New Jersey operations to a credit union; Dream First Bank announced plans to gain branches throughout Oklahoma; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
March 28
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A group of states are pursuing similar efforts to cap credit card interchange fees, endangering rewards programs that customers value and raising concerns about an illegal interstate compact.
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