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The top five community banks averaged a return on average equity of 115.97% as of June 30.

The top five banks have combined construction loans of more than $71 billion.

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U.S. Bancorp is splitting its payment services business in half; Flagstar Financial continues to fill out its leadership with an eye toward tech and risk management; First Horizon authorized an additional $350 million in stock buybacks for its $1 billion share repurchase plan; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The Bank of New York Mellon and Japan's Mizuho Bank entered an agreement to grant their corporate clients access to the other's international trade network; New York-based lender Kapitus acquired Ten Oaks Commercial Capital; North Carolina's First Carolina Bank agreed to acquire Pennsylvania's BM Technologies; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The top five banks on this list have combined deposits of nearly $7.5 trillion.

Deutsche Bank hired UBS' Aly Alibhai to head North American mergers and acquisitions; National Bankshares promoted Lara Ramsey to president; Apple Pay users in the U.S. and U.K. now have a pay later option through Klarna; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The top five banks and thrifts had combined assets of more than $13 trillion as of June 30, 2024.

Canaccord Genuity Group hires Nadine Ahn, who was fired from Royal Bank of Canada in April; Citigroup establishes a new banking executive team to oversee its commercial and investment banking work under Vis Raghavan; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The top five credit unions have combined real estate loans and lines of credit of more than $217 million as of June 30.

Challenger bank Revolut calls for Meta's scam info program to reimburse victims; Sunwest Bank taps Umpqua's Mike McKean to lead treasury and payments; Fifth Third launches a new line of business; and more in this weeks banking news roundup.

The top five credit unions on this list have more than $36 billion in unsecured card loans and lines of credit.

The top five credit unions have combined first mortgage loans and lines of credit of more than $104 billion as of June 30.

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Blue Hill Advisors and former Bank of Hawaii CEO Landon up their per-share cash offer to buy Territorial Bancorp; Montreal-based payments firm Lightspeed Commerce puts itself on the market; Societe Generale hires ex-UBS banker Jansen as the bank's West Coast co-head; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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Liberty Capital Bancshares in Texas agreed to acquire in-state peer Southwestern Bancorp; BNY announced it will buy managed-account software company Archer; Louisiana is supporting crypto but pushing back on CBDCs; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

BNY has acquired managed-account software company Archer; Old National Bancorp has removed the "interim" tag from Chief Financial Officer John Moran; Royal Bank of Canada has done the same for Chief Financial Officer Katherine Gibson; and more in this week's banking news roundup.