Seeking to get members to switch to E-statements, State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) is sponsoring a sweepstakes that will award a five-night Western Caribbean cruise for two, including airfare, to two lucky winners. There will be two separate drawings for the cruises, each valued at over $2,500. To raise awareness of the E-Statements promotion, all SECU employees are wearing novelty buttons highlighting the cruise giveaway. SECU members can opt out of receiving their paper statements by signing up for E-Statements through the SECU website, www.ncsecu.org. "With reduced operating costs and major environmental benefits, E-Statements are another way that SECU can help our members and the people of North Carolina," according to Leigh Brady, SVP-education services.
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Synovus Financial demonstrated at an industry conference how it is using Microsoft's Copilot to help its staff address customers' concerns.
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The U.S. arm of Spanish banking giant Santander has hired Swati Bhatia to oversee retail banking and its digital transformation efforts. Bhatia joins at "an inflection point" for the company, which aims to be "a digital bank with branches," CEO Tim Wennes said.
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Mariya Rosberg is named Americas head of banking and financial services at Marsh McLennan's Oliver Wyman unit; startup ZayZoon raised $15 million in a new funding round; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.
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Last year, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Integrated called off a deal to sell itself to MVB Financial after bank stocks took a hit in the aftermath of the regional bank failures. Capital hopes to expand its government-guaranteed lending with the transaction.
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Once a prominent figure spurring financial institutions to engage in cryptocurrency, Bankman-Fried's downslide began with the collapse of the digital asset exchange FTX in late 2022 and hit rock bottom with his sentencing to 25 years in prison.
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But the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is still near 7%, and that remains the overhang on the housing market, Freddie Mac said.
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