HARTFORD, Conn. - Shawmut National Corp. said it had completed its
Effective immediately, all 33 Northeast Savings branches - situated in
Northeast Federal had $2.5 billion in retail deposits and $945 million
According to Joel B. Alvord, Shawmut's chairman and chief executive, the
Northeast was acquired in a swap of 0.415 share of Shawmut common stock
Shawmut National has assets of $38 billion, 360 branches, and more than
The Office of the Attorney General in New York says the bank violated the state's Exempt Income Protection Act, illegally transferring customers' money to debt collectors.
The Providence, Rhode Island, company is having discussions with private wealth management teams elsewhere as it seeks to expand its fledgling private bank. In just three months, private banking deposits doubled to $2.4 billion.
After the Minneapolis-based company reported stubbornly high commercial deposit costs, it reduced its full-year forecast for net interest income by $200 million-$500 million.
The CFPB has dissolved the Office of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending and eliminated the job of associate director in a move that impacts how it designates nonbanks for supervision.
Rising deposit costs have plagued banks in general, and the Tennessee bank had to pay up to bolster liquidity after its failed merger with TD. But First Horizon retained customers in the first quarter while not paying them the special rates they got last year.
