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Irish Mortgage Lender Must Pay €21M For Fleecing Interest Fees
Irish Mortgage Lender Must Pay €21M For Fleecing Interest Fees
May 31, 2019  |  Loans

Ireland’s central bank announced that it has fined a state-backed mortgage lender €21 million for overcharging its customers. The fine against Permanent TSB, which is...

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China’s Dunxin Plans Mobile Trade Finance Solution
China’s Dunxin Plans Mobile Trade Finance Solution
April 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

China-based micro lender Dunxin Financial Holdings this week announced its plans to roll out a mobile-based supply chain finance solution next month. In a press...

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IADB Recognizes Guaido’s Representative Over Maduro’s
IADB Recognizes Guaido’s Representative Over Maduro’s
March 15, 2019  |  International

Latin America’s largest lender, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), voted on Friday (March 15) to replace President Nicolas Maduro’s representative with that of opposition leader...

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Santander To Close 140 UK Branches, Lay Off 800
Santander To Close 140 UK Branches, Lay Off 800
January 23, 2019  |  International

Banco Santander’s U.K. unit is gearing up to close 140 branches and let go of roughly 800 employees. According to a report in Bloomberg, the...

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OCC Does A 180: Fake Accounts Not A Common Problem
OCC Does A 180: Fake Accounts Not A Common Problem
June 08, 2018  |  Banking

Wells Fargo was fined $185 million in 2016 for opening millions of potentially fake accounts, prompting the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to...

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FTC Gets $4.1M Judgment Against Fake Payday Lender
FTC Gets $4.1M Judgment Against Fake Payday Lender
October 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday (Oct. 17) it had obtained a $4.1 million judgment and a ban on a payday lender. In a...

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Today in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy’s U.S. Expansion Funding
Today in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy’s U.S. Expansion Funding
August 22, 2017  |  Today In Data

It can be argued that one of the highest costs to expanding professional careers is that of funding student loans. Post-primary schooling can be one...

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U.K. Alt-Lender DueCourse Falls Into Administration
U.K. Alt-Lender DueCourse Falls Into Administration
August 01, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Less than a year after raising venture capital, U.K.-based alternative finance company DueCourse has reportedly gone into administration. Recent reports said DueCourse, which operates as...

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Synchrony Financial Stock Takes The Plunge
Synchrony Financial Stock Takes The Plunge
May 01, 2017  |  Stock Index

Not every investment is worthwhile. That’s the lesson Synchrony Financial learned following the downturn of its loans in Q1 2017. The supply for these loan losses rose...

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