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Private-equity groups are looking to cash out their bank holdings given the bullish stock market and bearish outlook for banking. But few will double their money like Warburg Pincus did with its investment in Webster Financial.
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A growing number of community banks are hiring consultants to negotiate core processing and IT-service contracts, which are typically among a bank's biggest expenses.

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Ron Swanner, the head of South Street Financial, had talking points for every query at a tense annual meeting this week — except for, "where's the dessert?"

The GSEs provide an important government 'backstop,' though they should not hold mortgages in portfolio, Wells Chairman and CEO John Stumpf says. (Image: Bloomberg News)
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf said that he believes the government-sponsored enterprises need to be retained in some form because the guarantee they provide is important to investors.

Smaller banks may decide now is a good time to go public and raise capital for acquisitions and other growth opportunities.

JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon (Image: Bloomberg News)
Now that shareholders have agreed to let Jamie Dimon keep both his jobs at JPMorgan Chase, the chairman and chief executive must resolve several pressing issues. Among them: succession, board composition and mounting regulatory scrutiny.

Brian Stephens, national leader of KPMG's banking and capital markets practice
Organic growth, dealmaking and innovation are taking a backseat to compliance, bank executives told KPMG in a new survey.

Mark Jaindl, a Pennsylvania banker, fell less than 100,000 short of shaking up the board at the parent of Home Savings Bank.
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