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Online lender SoFi is stepping into an interesting new field for its customers: matchmaking – NYTimes

Wells Fargo has an, ahem, uphill battle to rebuild trust in its retail banking unit. Meet the woman at the helm for that difficult effort: Mary Mack – WSJ

Elsewhere in Wells news, the California AG has opened a criminal probe into the bank’s sham account openings [Law360], and Massachusetts has joined a handful of other states that have banned Wells from involvement in bond offerings for the next year – Law360

A recap of what’s been a very strong week of big bank Q3 earnings reports – Marketplace

Federal regulators unveiled a proposal yesterday that would push the country’s biggest banks and other “critical financial companies” to shore up cybersecurity protocols, to prevent hacks, and to have a recovery plan at the ready – Law360 and WSJ

Billionaire Steven Cohen, currently barred from managing money for others after his former hedge fund pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, has confirmed that he’ll be back in the hedge fund business when his ban is lifted – NYTimes

The latest version of the Fed’s Beige Book (the economic survey by reserve banks) is out and brings with it a “mostly positive” outlook for the US economy – Bloomberg

The Korean family dynasty behind the Lotte conglomerate  has been indicted under tax evasion, embezzlement and other criminal charges – NYTimes

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has invoked high school and prom to discuss a possible Uber IPO.  Sound interesting?  Check out where he’s going with that metaphor right here – Bloomberg

What happens when a Libertarian father of three young boys in Silicon Valley makes it his mission to just let the kids go out and be kids again?  Well, one hell of a backyard, for one – NYTimes

 

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