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The top five banks in this list closed a net total of 148 branches in this time period — and 492 branches in the past 12 months.

City National Bank plans a new branch in California that fulfills one of its settlement obligations with the DOJ; Fiserv and PayPal expand their tech collaboration; Banc of California's Monica Sparks steps down; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The average salary for these top compensated bank executives is more than $21 million.

The top five have more than $1.3 trillion in mortgage backed securities as of March 31.

The top five have more than $2.6 trillion in combined securities as of March 31, 2024.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York paid its departing director of diversity and inclusion $561,600 after an external review found "oversight issues" that led to a shake-up of the bank's human resources department; CDFI Friendly America launches an online mapping system to spotlight growth opportunities nationwide; global law firm A&O Shearman expands its U.S. debt finance team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Regions Bank hires next corporate banking group leader from within; Detroit CU names its first-ever woman CEO; United Community raises its quarterly dividend; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

City National Bank of Florida is starting a national capital markets division, Orrstown Financial will close branches in Pennsylvania and Maryland, JPMorgan Chase unit announces in-store biometric payments and more in this week's banking news roundup.

South Carolina's Optus Bank appoints Benita Lefft its new president; B2B marketplace DesignRush releases its hottest states for digital business growth; Morgan Stanley announces Ellen Zentner's newly created team within the bank's investment wing; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

The five largest bank M&A deals had an average deal value of more than $1.2 billion.

The top five banks and thrifts had combined assets of more than $13 trillion as of March 31, 2024.

Each year, in advance of our Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance awards, American Banker puts together a list of 15 women who are rising stars at their banks. The honorees, all women 40 years old and younger, are nominated by an executive at their institution who believes that she has the potential to ascend to the C-suite.

Fulton Financial taps Valley National's Richard Kraemer as its new CFO; UBS' veteran private banker Jenny Su has left the firm; Bank of America names Kevin Brunner head of global technology, media and telecommunications investment banking; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Deanne Zettler is taking on a newly created role at PCI SSC; Wisconsin's Landmark Credit Union is opening a new, tech-forward branch; Mo Assomull is named co-head of investment banking at Morgan Stanley; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Royal Bank of Canada reorganizes its executive leadership ranks; pending startup BankMiami gets approval from Florida's Office of Financial Regulation; Rize Credit Union's Julio Jimenez-Wenz joins Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs; and more.

The top five community banks have combined first mortgage loans of more than $2.8 billion as of March 31, 2024.

Cullen/Frost's CFO is retiring, a top JPMorgan research analyst is leaving, and both UBS and JPMorgan hire tech dealmakers in this week's banking news roundup.

The top five community banks have more than $1.2 billion in combined farm loan portfolios as of March 31, 2024.

Bloom Credit Union and West Michigan Credit Union aim to join forces; Long Island-based New York Community Bancorp plans a reverse stock split; Providence, Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial hires longtime California banker to lead its middle-market team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The publication selected 20 women who have shown strong leadership and communication skills.