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Equity Bancshares is expanding into Nebraska with the proposed acquisition of Omaha-based Frontier Holdings; Valley National Bancorp taps Patrick Smith as its new president of consumer banking; Northern Trust in Chicago promoted Michael Hunstad to president of asset management; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Jeffrey Stanley and Mark Paverman have been charged with mismanaging Synapse Brokerage accounts and failing to preserve emails and instant messages, among other things.

A Republican-led effort to raise Bank Secrecy Act reporting thresholds gains momentum amid debanking rhetoric as lawmakers eye must-pass defense authorization as vehicle for financial regulatory reform.

There is conclusive evidence that stablecoin adoption does not lead to deposit runoff at community banks. This should give bankers the confidence to grow their businesses by offering stablecoin-related services.

The Canadian institution plans a U.S. tokenized deposit, contending that it can help banks keep and grow deposits amid threats from fintech-issued cryptocurrency. Founder and President David Taylor is encouraging others to do the same.

Founder and executive chairman Edward Nigro will step back into the top executive spot after Ryan Sullivan informed the company he didn't plan to renew his employment contract.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 22,000 jobs in August, raising the unemployment rate to 4.3% and providing additional cover for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in September.

Fintechs are rolling out business financing tools that are packaged as buy now/pay later and earned wage access in the hopes of capturing momentum from the budding consumer finance industries.

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made similar changes to their policy when it comes to disclosures and retention rules for an appeal of a valuation.

Organizers of the planned Portrait Bank say they're well ahead of initial capital-raising goals as they near completion on leasing a property to serve as headquarters