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The white-label banking platform provider Urban FT has purchased the mobile banking technology firm iParse and several of its patents.

Chart: Fraudsters start early for the holidays

Technology companies have pushed machine learning as a way to combat a fraud threat that's increasing in size and sophistication, and there are signs emerging security innovation is making a difference.

Orange County, California

Tacoma, Washington-based Columbia Banking System said it will buy Pacific Premier Bancorp, accelerating its growth in Southern California by about a decade. The deal is Columbia's second major acquisition in three years.

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