Morning scan
- Mar- 2021 -18 MarchBanking
HSBC nears deal to sell French retail unit; GSA auctions bitcoin share
Receiving Wide Coverage … Adieu HSBC “is in final negotiations to sell its French retail network to a subsidiary of…
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Visa, Mastercard postpone fee hikes; House extends PPP
Receiving Wide Coverage … Get ready for the Fed The Federal Reserve “will likely note an improving economic outlook” following…
Read More » - 11 MarchBanking
Chopra, Gensler nominations move forward; Goldman’s $10B investment in Black women
Wall Street Journal Taking the pledge Goldman Sachs said it plans to “invest $10 billion over the next decade in…
Read More » - 9 MarchBanking
Walmart’s banking bet; Fed ends three emergency funding vehicles
Wall Street Journal Bonus rewards American Airlines “said it would raise $7.5 billion backed by its AAdvantage frequent-flier program to…
Read More » - 8 MarchBanking
Wells cleared in racial hiring inquiry; Goldman’s changing corporate culture
Wall Street Journal Case closed The Labor Department under the Trump administration last October closed an inquiry into Wells Fargo…
Read More » - 5 MarchBanking
Square invests in Jay-Z’s streaming service; Treasury makes $9 billion promise
Receiving Wide Coverage … Square deal Square, the digital-payments company, said Thursday “it is paying $297 million in cash and…
Read More » - 3 MarchBanking
Chopra’s confirmation hearing; Goldman is back in the bitcoin business
Receiving Wide Coverage … Interview for sheriff’s job Rohit Chopra, President Biden’s pick to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,…
Read More » - 2 MarchBanking
Walmart’s banking ambitions; Klarna arms up
Receiving Wide Coverage … Be very careful New York Attorney General Letitia James says investors should use “extreme caution” when…
Read More » - 1 MarchBanking
The Fraser era begins; Goldman’s consumer finance chief jumps to Walmart
Receiving Wide Coverage … Fraser takes the helm Jane Fraser, “the first woman to run a major U.S. bank,” takes…
Read More » - Feb- 2021 -25 FebruaryBanking
Fed payments system goes down for hours; mortgage apps drop on rate hike
Receiving Wide Coverage … Technical fault The Federal Reserve said “an unspecified error disrupted all of its financial-services systems in…
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