FITCHBURG, Mass. – Workers’ CU is giving its branch in nearby Townsend a green makeover that will include a geothermal heating and cooling system.
The geothermal system, which sends water through a closed loop system at 50 degrees year-round, is projected to save $9,000 a year in heating and cooling costs.
The green branch will also eliminate traditional teller stations and lines, which are being replaced by dialog stations.
Santander U.S. and Webster Financial are doing integration work in advance of their pending merger, including naming business-line leaders, the banks said in separate notes.
The FDIC board voted unanimously to issue a proposal putting a rebuttable ban on bank-issuers paying yield on stablecoins, another narrowing AML requirements and a third prohibiting examiners using reputational risk in exams, outside of operational or financial risks.
The neobank is rolling out Chime Prime, a new membership service that rewards customers for making Chime their primary bank account.
The Minneapolis-based company plans to leverage the arrangement to draw more attention to its growing list of national business lines, transcending its regional reputation.
Swiss banking giant UBS tried to get a federal court to reject new allegations that Credit Suisse, which UBS acquired in 2023, had concealed Nazi-linked assets.
Jamie Dimon said the revised Basel III plan still overstates risk and penalizes the largest banks.
