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The Honolulu-based seller, which plans a Nov. 6 shareholder vote on the deal, posted a third-quarter loss and reiterated its commitment to the Hope agreement. But an offer with a higher price from an investor group is also on the table.

Executives at the Boston-area mutual bank said its digital-only division's growth is accelerating, even as more banks enter the space.

The credit card heavyweight said that it expects its acquisition of rival Discover will close in early 2025, pending the approval of shareholders and regulators.

The bank cut its dividend, raised capital, hired multiple top executives and vowed to reduce its commercial real estate concentration after a bruising first half of 2024.

The Southern California company beat analysts' expectations, partly by steadily paying less for deposits, as it navigates a classic net interest margin pickle.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Goldman Sachs failed to investigate tens of thousands of disputes, while Apple misled iPhone purchasers about interest-free payment options. The two companies were ordered to pay $89 million.

Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, said it would acquire First State Bank of the Southeast in Middlesboro, Kentucky. It was the 19th such deal announced this year.

Government, private companies and civil society must continue pushing the kinds of partnerships that put mobile financial technology into the hands of marginalized people around the world.

John "Johnny" Allison, the outspoken chairman and CEO of Arkansas-based Home BancShares, used the company's third-quarter earnings call to endorse the Republican presidential nominee. When asked about that decision, he got confrontational.

The community bank CEO and Most Powerful Women to Watch honoree sits for an exit interview on what bankers face as her term running the American Bankers Association ends.

As new hires generate low-cost deposits and higher-yielding business loans, the New York company's net interest margin is widening. Dime executives signaled the hiring will resume in 2025.

Other acquisitive executives, however, say that interest rate cuts have hastened already-active deal discussions, as more banks seek scale and business line diversity.

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

Openbank, which has operated in parts of Europe for years, should help the Spanish bank to fund its U.S. auto lending business, executives said.

The merged company's footprint would cover what Atlantic Union CEO John Asbury has called the golden crescent, stretching from Baltimore south to Hampton Roads.

The Arkansas bank said CRE is no longer its principal growth driver, yet it is still the bank's most prominent business and a big part of its robust lending activity.

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

The investment banking giant is selling its General Motors credit card portfolio to Barclays, which is looking to grow and diversify its U.S. cards business. It's part of Goldman's retreat from consumer banking.

The Canadian bank's stateside retail operations will be hamstrung by a massive anti-money-laundering settlement. But executives said the company can lean on both its Wall Street business and lines of revenue north of the border.