Eagle Bancorp in Maryland took a major quarterly loss due to challenges in its office loan portfolio. It's one of many banks working to trim down their commercial real estate loan books.
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It's early, but financial institutions are getting ready to issue the digital asset.
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The Santa Anna National Bank in Central Texas is the second bank to fail this year.
June 27 -
New order lets banks use third-party data for customer ID, reducing paperwork for firms, but the idea has divided some in the industry.
June 27 -
The largest U.S. banks took less of a capital hit under the Federal Reserve's hypothetical stress scenario than they did last year, but averaging the two sets of results could impact next year's regulatory requirements.
June 27 -
Time is running out for the 90-day pause on most of President Trump's tariffs. But at least two bank CEOs are confident there won't be a summer sequel to "Liberation Day."
June 27 -
The company sought to pay far less than a New York court had imposed as a result of the lawsuit the SEC brought against it. In a twist, the new SEC leadership argued on the company's side against the prior administration's position.
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Republicans pulled a $52B foreign bank tax after Bessent says he struck a global pact, easing industry fears.
June 27
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
The two Southeast banks agreed to combine in a transaction valued at $8.6 billion. Synovus CEO Kevin Blair would be chief executive of the combined bank, but a slim majority of board members would come from Pinnacle.

Eric Ludwig is assistant professor of retirement income and RICP program director at The American College of Financial Services, as well as CEO of Stockbridge Private Wealth Management. His research focuses on retirement income planning strategies and behavioral finance.
Flagstar Bank wants to merge its holding company into the bank, which would cut $15 million in annual expenses and eliminate regulatory oversight by the Federal Reserve, leaving the OCC as its primary regulator. The bank's CEO, Joseph Otting, is a former comptroller of the currency.
President Trump and Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., visited the Federal Reserve Board headquarters Thursday afternoon to inspect ongoing renovations whose cost overruns have heightened scrutiny of Fed chair Jerome Powell.
The two Southeast banks agreed to combine in a transaction valued at $8.6 billion. Synovus CEO Kevin Blair would be chief executive of the combined bank, but a slim majority of board members would come from Pinnacle.

Eric Ludwig is assistant professor of retirement income and RICP program director at The American College of Financial Services, as well as CEO of Stockbridge Private Wealth Management. His research focuses on retirement income planning strategies and behavioral finance.
Flagstar Bank wants to merge its holding company into the bank, which would cut $15 million in annual expenses and eliminate regulatory oversight by the Federal Reserve, leaving the OCC as its primary regulator. The bank's CEO, Joseph Otting, is a former comptroller of the currency.
Bankers are concerned about stablecoins gaining traction due to the passage of the GENIUS Act, and also continue to sound the alarm about the failure to resolve check fraud disputes, according to the latest quarterly survey from IntraFi.
Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.
The CEO of First Northwest Bancorp is promising to fight a lawsuit claiming the lender helped a client perpetrate a Ponzi scheme that bilked a hedge fund out of more than $100 million.
Most Influential Women in Payments honorees say the dramatic expansion in technology presents new opportunities and challenges as employers evolve away from traditional business models.
Honorees from American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments discuss spotting tangible uses for innovation, rather than buying into hype.
Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.

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The banks have invested in gen AI and embedded finance, respectively.
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John Buran shares how his New York bank and its small business customers are faring with tariff uncertainty — and how some have quickly changed suppliers and modified business plans — in the latest American Banker podcast.
July 15
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The Santa Anna National Bank in Central Texas is the second bank to fail this year.
June 27 -
New order lets banks use third-party data for customer ID, reducing paperwork for firms, but the idea has divided some in the industry.
June 27 -
The largest U.S. banks took less of a capital hit under the Federal Reserve's hypothetical stress scenario than they did last year, but averaging the two sets of results could impact next year's regulatory requirements.
June 27 -
Time is running out for the 90-day pause on most of President Trump's tariffs. But at least two bank CEOs are confident there won't be a summer sequel to "Liberation Day."
June 27 -
The company sought to pay far less than a New York court had imposed as a result of the lawsuit the SEC brought against it. In a twist, the new SEC leadership argued on the company's side against the prior administration's position.
June 27