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MetroCity Bankshares in Doraville, Georgia, plans to finalize its acquisition of First IC Corp; Rockefeller Capital Management's Brian D. Riley will join BNY Wealth as global head; Blackstone appoints former Morgan Stanley rainmaker Franck Petitgas to a top role in Europe; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Philadelphia-area Citadel Credit Union is starting to see a payoff from a major investment in its business banking operations. 

ICBA argues Bridge's stablecoin model pushes the trust charter beyond its intended fiduciary scope.

Pinnacle and Peapack-Gladstone have sought to preserve their corporate cultures during periods of major change.

Banks with more than $10 billion of assets made up 12% of American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list.

Too often, small fintechs working to bring innovative technology online in the U.S. determine that they would be better off overseas. Regulators should copy existing "sandbox" models to keep them here.

Reseda Group, a CUSO owned by MSU Federal Credit Union, acquired the money management app for couples as part of its strategy for family finance offerings.

Airlines and hotel chains are taking advantage of the banking-as-a-service model and favorable debit interchange regulations offered to bank issuers with under $10 billion in assets to bring debit card rewards back to market after they all but disappeared following the so-called Durbin Amendment.

Following the new GENIUS Act, BNY's fund provides a regulated vehicle for stablecoin reserves, distinct from its separate tokenization projects.

JPMorganChase, BNY, Citi and others are getting ready to launch autonomous digital workers, but for most, several pieces need to be in place before they can go live. 

The government shutdown is over, and Congress gets back to its regular business. For banks, the biggest-ticket issues are ongoing deliberations on raising deposit insurance and shaping a crypto market structure bill.

Of the 90 honorees on American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list, 28 had between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acting Chair Travis Hill said Thursday morning that the agency's first proposed rules under recently passed stablecoin legislation should be published by the end of the year.

Several of the Best Banks to Work For 2025 are using artificial intelligence in ways that help their workforces.

Fintechs and banks approach innovation from different starting points. Noelle Acheson points out that this can be seen in their approach to payments, and now also in the approach to stablecoins.