First Citizens Bancshares

The North Carolina-based bank plans to make additional monthly payments of $500 million-$1 billion to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in order to reduce $35 billion of debt tied to its acquisition of the failed Silicon Valley Bank.

Nubank's Velez and BNY's Vince

BNY's Robin Vince and Nubank's David Velez have joined the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group Public Benefit Corporation; Old National Bancorp has revamped its top leadership teams; City National Bank appointed Lindsay Dunn executive vice president and head of personal and business banking; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Following a recent approval by the European Central Bank, Banco Santander's pending acquisition of Webster Financial is expected to close before the end of 2026, executives said. There's been concern that the deal could get tangled up in tensions between the U.S. and Spain.

Technology
Jonathan Gould

There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.

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