Two banks kicked off the Memorial Day weekend with fill-in
Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati, said Friday it would acquire the Ohio
Fifth Third, which has $20.2 billion of assets, said the deal should
Also on Friday, ABC Bancorp, a $630 million-asset bank in Moultrie, Ga.,
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $4.5 million fine against Voxbeam Telecommunications, which it accused of facilitating fraud scams. Many of the calls spoofed phone numbers belonging to American banks.
New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
The Cincinnati bank's Newline business is now its fastest growing commercial payments segment.
After French authorities stopped a bomb plot against a Bank of America office in Paris, security experts warned banks to step up their preparations for terror attacks.
The largest crypto theft of 2026 hit Drift Protocol after attackers exploited a small security council, putting a spotlight on DeFi vulnerabilities.
The cryptocurrency exchange is the latest digital asset firm to receive a trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
