* In a letter, 44 Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump to nominate a director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who has "a track record of being tough on big banks and other financial firms that rip off consumers."
* CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has lifted the ban on payments to victims of financial crime, a week after he imposed the freeze, The New York Times reports.
* The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at a 10 a.m. ET executive session will consider the nomination of Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell as chair of the central bank.
* The Senate banking panel is also scheduled to vote on a bipartisan regulatory relief bill — S. 2155, or the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act.
* Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria accepted Bank of Nova Scotia's offer to acquire the Spanish lender's 68.19% ownership in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Chile, as well as its interests in certain subsidiaries, for approximately US$2.2 billion.
* Goldman Sachs is planning to hire about 250 additional staff in Warsaw in 2018, a company executive told the Financial Times.
* Morgan Stanley launched a robo-advisory service, called Access Investing, The Wall Street Journal reports.
* In Michigan, Independent Bank is buying TCSB Bancorp in a stock deal valued at approximately $63.2 million.
* Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini said that tax reform deliberations in Congress and their potential implications played a part in the company's deal with CVS Health.
* Nationstar Mortgage reached a $9.2 million settlement agreement with the California Department of Business Oversight to resolve claims that it overcharged borrowers and failed to properly investigate consumer complaints.
* The National Credit Union Administration liquidated Selma, Ala.-based Riverdale CU.
* The SEC obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of PlexCorps, a Quebec company that allegedly raised up to $15 million since August in a fraudulent initial coin offering.
* And Cboe Global Markets is set to launch bitcoin futures trading Dec. 10.
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