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Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 16, 2026 Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…

Muni yields were cut on Thursday, as U.S. Treasuries saw slight weakness and equities ended lower. Processing Content Muni yields were cut by three to seven basis points, depending on the scale USTs saw yields rise up to two basis points. Munis are in “regroup mode,” according to Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager…

Russell Vought, the outgoing acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), defended his 17-month record of reining in the agency’s enforcement apparatus during Senate testimony on Thursday, his first appearance before the upper chamber since taking over the bureau last February. During his tenure, Vought has championed an overhaul at the CFPB that…

Reverse mortgage rates have fallen across Canada, but the latest cuts were not triggered by the Bank of Canada and were less directly tied to bond-market movements than conventional mortgage rates. In late June, Equitable Bank lowered the 5-year fixed rate on its Flex Lite reverse mortgage from 6.44% to 6.23%. Days later, Bloom Financial…

Over two days that August, the parties exchanged emails. Dematic’s president offered $10 million in cash, a transfer of consignment parts on site, and waivers on unpaid invoices and project fees. SSENSE’s chief operating officer accepted the terms on August 27, 2025 and asked for a formal agreement to be drafted.  That same day, one of SSENSE’s lenders,…

Despite obstinate inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates, consumers continue to open their wallets and spend. But how they spend is another story. While physical stores struggle with rising operational costs, consumers are doubling down on digital channels. To capture this massive tailwind via retail ETFs, many investors default to buying market-cap-weighted indexes, which inevitably leaves…

The police have stowed their batons and holstered their weapons. US financial regulators have curbed their enforcement activities, declaring that they no longer intend to prioritise punishing firms and individuals for breaches of process and policy. Rather, they will switch to cracking down on real-life harm caused to retail investors through crimes like fraud and…

Hedging, Data Mapping, BER Letter, PPE Tools; AI Ramifications; Atty. Mitch Kider Joins Big Picture Nearly every lender is at least learning about AI, but on the flip side there are things like New York’s ban on data centers. Lenders and vendors are not the only ones riding the tech wave, and no…

To nearly two dozen prospective New York renters, Juan Valoy appeared to be an honest real estate broker. But prosecutors say he was a fake who pocketed $105,000 of their money. The phony broker has pleaded guilty to two cases in Manhattan and in the Bronx for a scam that included taking fees, security deposits…