Standard Chartered Bank hired a new head of digital assets, Europe and Americas; Provident Financial Holdings has a new chief financial officer; Bank of America is opening four branches in Boise, Idaho; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The $381 million deal for Alabama-based Southern States Bancshares would give FB entree to the sprawling Atlanta market. CEO Christopher Holmes said the bank would likely focus on nearby suburban communities initially.
March 31
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A new survey shows banks overwhelmingly support state laws that let them pause transactions to prevent elder financial abuse, despite shortcomings.
March 31
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The Trump administration continues to battle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union by seeking a stay of a preliminary injunction that reinstated the CFPB's workforce and contracts and preserved its data.
March 31
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Small lenders across the country, including Forte Bank in Wisconsin, promoted and recruited chief executives in recent weeks.
March 31
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Banks can now engage in crypto without Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approval, part of a broader Trump-era deregulatory push to integrate digital assets into traditional finance.
March 31
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The deal, expected to close by the end of 2025, will place Mr. Cooper CEO Jay Bray as president and CEO of Rocket Mortgage.
March 31
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The top five bank holding companies have combined business loan portfolios of more than $2.6 trillion as of Dec. 31.
March 31
Firing 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff and stripping it down to "the statutory studs" is lawful, an attorney for the CFPB told an appeals court.
The merger, which provides for $6.75 million in payments to three Space City Credit Union executives, had drawn criticism. But Space City members approved it by an 82% to 18% margin.
Standard Chartered Bank hired a new head of digital assets, Europe and Americas; Provident Financial Holdings has a new chief financial officer; Bank of America is opening four branches in Boise, Idaho; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Seven of the 20 top-performing banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets last year were based in Texas. But it's not about being bigger.
Gregory V. Kanarian is an investment strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions representing the firm's direct indexing strategies.
Prior to joining the investment strategies group, Greg was a portfolio consultant at Natixis for 12 years. Previously, he was a portfolio consultant with Deutsche Bank and a financial planning associate with Pillar Financial Advisors. He is a CFA charterholder and is FINRA Series 7 and 66 licensed.
Bribed overseas contractors accessed internal systems, triggering a monthslong breach with costs reaching up to $400 million.
In a dramatic move, conservative hardliners blocked President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, which would have included many measures favored by banks.
Standard Chartered Bank hired a new head of digital assets, Europe and Americas; Provident Financial Holdings has a new chief financial officer; Bank of America is opening four branches in Boise, Idaho; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Gregory V. Kanarian is an investment strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions representing the firm's direct indexing strategies.
Prior to joining the investment strategies group, Greg was a portfolio consultant at Natixis for 12 years. Previously, he was a portfolio consultant with Deutsche Bank and a financial planning associate with Pillar Financial Advisors. He is a CFA charterholder and is FINRA Series 7 and 66 licensed.
Bribed overseas contractors accessed internal systems, triggering a monthslong breach with costs reaching up to $400 million.
In a dramatic move, conservative hardliners blocked President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, which would have included many measures favored by banks.
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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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.
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Staking activities and stablecoins are two of the possible ways banks could have a role in decentralized finance, said Margaret Butler, head of the financial services practice at the law firm BakerHostetler and Kristiane Koontz, director of Treasury Services and Payments at Zions Bank, in interviews recorded at the Digital Banking Conference in June.
July 1
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The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency say they will move to rescind a 2023 reform to the Community Reinvestment Act, citing litigation concerns about the rule.
March 28
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The SEC had sued the cryptocurrency exchange for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency. The case was dropped with prejudice.
March 28
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Fintech firm Mercury, which provides banking services to businesses, says it now has 200,000 customers after raising $300 million in C-round funding.
March 28
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The personal consumption expenditures index showed headline inflation flat at 2.5%, but the details of the report explain the Federal Reserve's reluctance to adjust interest rates.
March 28
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The trading app provider has debuted wealth management services, and will be rolling out banking and new AI-powered investment tools later in the year.
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