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As competition tightens in the buy now/pay later arena, fintechs including Klarna, Afterpay and Zilch are upgrading perks to keep consumers from straying to their rivals.

A combination of higher organic loan growth and fee-based revenue streams powered top-performing banks in 2021.

Three Black-owned U.S. banks have bought a piece of a $1.23 billion syndicated corporate loan, a rare move in a market typically dominated by bigger Wall Street and regional lenders.  

The Mississippi company said it would pay $207 million to acquire Heritage Southeast Bancorp in Atlanta. It also has a pending agreement to buy Beach Bancorp in Florida.

Our annual ranking of banks looks at the metrics that matter.

The top 20 banks with assets of $2 billion to $10 billion outshined their peers in loan and revenue growth while maintaining pristine credit quality in 2021, according to a new ranking. Can they do the same this year as recession clouds gather?

State Bankshares in North Dakota was the top performer in the $2 billion to $10 billion asset class in 2021, according to Capital Performance Group. Strong commercial lending, a national mortgage business as well as regional wealth management and insurance units offer diverse sources of growth, a company executive says.

Visa and Mastercard credit card-issuing banks with more than $100 billion in assets would be required to give merchants a lower-cost choice for processing each transaction under a new bill proposed to spur competition.

The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said the crypto firm’s response doesn’t “preclude us from taking any further action.” 

The New York City bank is forecasting that consumer lending will come under pressure amid higher interest rates and concerns about the economy. “That said, still putting forth 8%-10% loan growth is significantly better than where the industry is,” said CEO Ira Robbins.