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WASHINGTON — Seven financial trade groups announced Monday that they are banding together to push legislation that would extend banklike data security standards to retailers and nonbank businesses.

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Most financial institutions are seeking ways to speed up payments, but one neobank is looking to slow them down to protect a segment of the population frequently targeted by scams.

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HoldCo Asset Management drops its pursuit of proxy battles with Columbia Banking System and First Interstate; Cape Cod's Mutual Bancorp prepares to acquire Bluestone Bank; Servbank HoldCo announces plans to acquire IF Bancorp; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Aryan Sheikhalian is head of research at CMT Digital.