CHICAGO - (12/21/05) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank ofChicago announced Tuesday it has awarded a $52,500 affordablehousing grant to CEFCU, the only one of 69 projects and $14.2million in grants awarded to a credit union by the Chicago bank.The Peoria, Ill., credit union will use the funds to financeno-cost repairs to low-income homeowners at the 15-unit CommonPlace residential development in Peoria. Earlier this year, theChicago bank awarded $14.6 million to 66 affordable housingprojects, but none of it to credit unions.
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The Arkansas-based company spent nearly four years on the M&A sidelines, grappling with asset quality issues and litigation tied to its 2022 acquisition of Texas-based Happy State Bank. Now it's signed a letter of intent to buy an unnamed bank.
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The company cited efforts to improve profitability behind its decision, with Popular joining a line of other banks in ending mortgage operations in 2025.
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The 23rd annual dinner honored bankers and finance leaders at the top of the industry.
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Zelle's parent Early Warning Services said Friday it was planning to take its peer-to-peer payments network international through a new stablecoin initiative. It says the details will come later.
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Nicolet Bankshares has agreed to buy MidWestOne Financial in an $864 million, all-stock deal. The acquisition will move the Wisconsin-based buyer into Iowa and the Twin Cities, while also allowing it to vault past a key regulatory threshold.
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A think tank report details setbacks in U.S. cyber strategy, from shuttered partnerships and staff cuts to the expiration of key info-sharing laws.
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