For the first time in 17 years, the number of U.S. bank branches is on a sustained rise.
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A recipe of no securities, mostly adjustable-rate loans and a cheap rural deposit base made the Texas bank the top performer in the $2 billion-$10 billion asset class.
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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $2-$10 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.
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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list, based on 2025 data from Capital Performance Group.
Augustus National Bank, which is working to fulfill the conditions for its de novo OCC charter, was approved for federal deposit insurance by the FDIC.
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As more traditional financial institutions turn to short-term liquidity offerings to meet growing consumer demand, legacy earned wage access providers are hoping to get their products in front of more employers – and their employees.
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Amid competition for international transfers, the U.S. is taking baby steps to facilitate faster, more efficient transactions.
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Amex GBT is using Anthropic's Claude to help travelers navigate searches, and plan and book itineraries, betting the complex and common practice of booking corporate travel will attract users.
The CFPB is still without a permanent director, KeyBank has completed its acquisition of Clearwater UK, Flagstar's private bank has launched an insurance agency and a suite of discretionary managed investment portfolios, and more in this week's banking news roundup.
The agency will give qualified new-bank applicants a contingent authorization within 120 days of applying, with an additional year after that to organize the bank before final green light.
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The joint American Banker-Capital Performance Group study of 2025's top-performing banks reveals that for institutions under $2 billion of assets, success comes from a fee-income engine, a defensible lending niche and radical cost discipline.
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America's smallest bank, with just $3.7 million of assets, survived for more than a century, including the Great Depression and the Great Recession. But, it could not survive overzealous regulators.
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Return-to-office mandates in the financial services world are based more on senior executives' "gut" feelings than on real data. In many cases their main effect is to add stress to the lives of front-line employees.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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With retail investors projected to allocate $2 trillion into private equity, credit and similar investments over the next five years, asset managers are increasingly acting as a bridge to previously exclusive opportunities.
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New York City's new pied-à-terre tax is prompting financial advisors to help wealthy clients reassess their options, from residency status to estate plans.
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Edward Jones financial advisors helped the firm reel in $17.7 billion in net new assets in the second quarter. And another recent filing gave clues about the firm's upcoming planned changes to equity stakes.
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The new record arrives after five months of annual home-price growth, which surged to its highest in more than a year, according to ICE Mortgage Technology.
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The average down payment across the list was 17.1%, well above 13.1% nationally, and the median credit score was 766, compared with 747 countrywide.
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A proposal issued last week by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. could lead banks to limit grants they give to nonprofits in exchange for Community Reinvestment Act credit.
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One of three Federal Open Market Committee members to vote for a higher federal funds rate last month, the Cleveland Fed president is undeterred by the labor force decline in July.
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The July jobs report was bad, but the context is worse: people leaving the labor force, stubborn inflation and rising bond yields.
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Berger Financial Group plans to more than double its footprint and staff, and Investcorp is looking at more opportunities beyond supporting Berger in the "untapped" wealth space.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the cryptocurrency market structure bill will be considered "first thing" after senators return from recess in September.
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As AI tools take over more of the research, drafting and prep work that once taught new advisors the job, firms are racing to figure out what should replace it.
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