As President Trump takes his tax reform message on the road and members of Congress continue to debate the structure and timing of a proposed bill, repeal of accelerated depreciation is the revenue raising provision that most tax, financial and other...
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September 26, 2017, 07:26 AM
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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he plans to nominate Joseph Otting -- a veteran of the commercial lending industry -- as Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the Treasury Department. Otting had a long career in financial...
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June 07, 2017, 07:20 AM
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More than 100 community bankers and staff from the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) on May 1, 2017 met with President Donald Trump and other top administration officials at the White House as part of the 2017 ICBA Capital Summit. In...
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May 02, 2017, 07:18 AM
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The new political landscape has injected unprecedented confidence into the middle market, with 70% of executives saying they expect the economy to improve over the next six months -- compared to just 37% who said the same at the end of 2016. That's...
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March 22, 2017, 07:07 AM
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A new survey from M&T Bank suggests that many middle market firms are looking forward to potential changes in economic policy under President Trump’s new administration and plan to increase capital spending this quarter as a result.According to the...
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March 10, 2017, 07:18 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on President Donald Trump’s administration to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws. ICBA said despite community banks’ strong compliance systems for ensuring credit...
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January 30, 2017, 07:08 AM
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Deloitte’s fourth quarter (4Q 2016) CFO Signals survey, which opened the day after the election on Nov. 9, 2016, reveals that all eyes are on the next U.S. administration, with 73 percent of surveyed chief financial officers expecting less...
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January 09, 2017, 07:03 AM
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Chief financial officers (CFOs) attending Deloitte’s 20th annual CFO Vision™ anticipate slow global economic growth and somewhat less—or no significant change to—international trade for the US, according to polling data obtained from a sampling of...
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December 27, 2016, 07:12 AM
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From the fourth quarter Phoenix Management "Lending Climate in America" Survey, results shows a positive outlook on the U.S. economy in both the near and long term. Lenders confidence on how they expect the U.S. economy to perform beyond the next 6...
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December 19, 2016, 07:40 AM
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CIT Group announced that Steven T. Mnuchin has resigned from its Board of Directors, effective immediately. His resignation follows President-elect Donald J. Trump’s announced intention to nominate Mnuchin as the next Secretary of the Treasury. “On...
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December 05, 2016, 06:50 AM
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Donald Trump's presidential victory, in combination with Republicans maintaining control of Congress, reinforces the central role that legislative and regulatory event risk play for certain segments of the U.S. corporate healthcare industry...
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November 10, 2016, 07:17 AM
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