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FirstMerit Bank NA in Akron, Ohio, has promoted assistant vice
Ms. Nielsen, a 20-year banking veteran, works in commercial lending. She
Mr. McClanahan, who works in the trust investments department, joined
Mr. Yesso, in dealer finance and leasing, came to FirstMerit from Fifth
FirstMerit also promoted Michael Singerman to assistant vice president.
The bank is a subsidiary of FirstMerit Corp., which is also based in
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Liberty Bank in Salt Lake City had been "structurally unprofitable" since 2008, according to its regulators. Experts criticized the FDIC for allowing the bank's demise to play out in slow motion.
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The San Francisco-based firm's Anchorage Digital Trusted Liquidity and Settlement network, better known as Atlas, will allow clients to settle a range of cryptocurrency transactions.
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