HOUSTON – Smart Financial CU said yesterday it has completed the acquisition of Key FCU, a $42 million credit union, also located in Houston.
The deal creates a credit union with almost $400 million in assets and more than 80,000 members being served at 17 branches. While most of the branches are in greater Houston, the institution also operates offices in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas as well as Lake Charles and Alexandria, Louisiana.
Roughly 680 customers were affected, none in the U.S. But the control that failed at Revolut is the legal intake queue every American bank runs.
The Federal Reserve's top regulator has the early returns from the report she commissioned on the 2023 bank failure and said it supports her call for new reporting practices among Fed supervisors.
The "near-prime" lending fintech Avant is seeking to become a full-service bank by filing for a national de novo bank charter with federal regulators.
The commerce company has made major inroads into embedded finance, a strategy that could get a boost from partnering with the social media giant's new AI agent.
Citadel Credit Union recently closed a $50 million loan on a Philadelphia office tower. It's part of a trend, as credit unions build their commercial real estate lending businesses.
State Street promotes Ann Fogarty to chief operating officer and names Mostapha Tahiri president of State Street Alpha; Florida's Portrait Bank expects to open for business on Saturday; Texas Capital Bancshares is on the lookout for a new chief risk officer following the departure of David Oman; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
