Sarah Wynn

The Illinois company has bought two banks and a small mortgage firm in the past year, which helped improve its second-quarter results.

The Tennessee company reported higher profit that reflected its June purchase of BNC Bancorp and nearly $670 million of organic loan growth during the second quarter.

WSFS is implementing a new internal audit program and shoring up the succession planning in its risk department.

Though recreational pot is legal in a number of U.S. states, big banks don’t want to work with cannabis sellers. And that is unlikely to change anytime soon.

The nearly 200-year-old firm wants to help clients access, organize, transmit and use data more effectively.

Enabling peers to compare notes will help ID management specialists at regional, midtier banks who face the same requirements as large banks but command smaller operating budgets, IDPro’s founder says.

Centana Growth Partners has raised $250 million for investment in what it describes as financial services startups with innovations that can be turned into real products.

So far, the use cases for digital payments from connected cars seem too specific to spark a widespread shift in consumer habits. But connected cars may yet prove to be drivers of change.