Bruce Van Saun, the Rhode Island bank’s CEO, previewed a branch-light strategy in new markets like South Florida and Washington, D.C. Citizens recently closed acquisitions of Investors Bancorp and much of HSBC’s U.S. retail banking business.

Regulators in a half dozen states have now thrown at least temporary roadblocks in front of credit unions’ effort to buy community banks.

Robinhood Markets agreed to acquire Ziglu, a London-based crypto and payments company, ending the U.S. brokerage’s long pause on international expansion.

Cleveland-based Ancora Holdings Group is picking up where it left off in 2019, calling for the sale of Middlefield Bancorp in northeast Ohio. Only this time Ancora says it's willing to initiate a proxy contest if management stands in the way of a possible transaction.

Citigroup has begun the sales process for its consumer, small-business and middle-market banking divisions in Mexico, though an initial public offering remains on the table.

Both credit unions are based in Jacksonville. VyStar is also in the process of buying Heritage Southeast Bank in Jonesboro, Georgia.

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Two U.K. fintech companies are exploring sale options after sanctions on their Russian billionaire backers have left them struggling to find funding.

The two San Francisco-based companies are seeking to provide a one-click cryptocurrency checkout system to simplify digital shopping.

In a letter obtained by American Banker, the Senate Banking Committee chair called on the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to reform their bank merger review processes.

JPMorgan Chase is planning to use its recently acquired stake in the Greek payments firm Viva Wallet to support lending to small businesses across Europe, an ambition that would introduce a rare cohesion to the Continent’s fragmented banking markets.

Citigroup agreed to sell its consumer banking operations in Bahrain to Ahli United Bank BSC as part of the lender’s continued push to simplify.

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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said some large regional banks are at risk of becoming too big to fail, and the agency is considering ways to increase the resolvability of post-merger banks.

VyStar Credit Union and Heritage Southeast Bank postponed to June 30 the deadline to close their merger. The $196 million deal, announced a year ago, was originally slated to close by December 2021.

The proposed combination of Vermont State Employees Credit Union and New England Federal Credit Union would create a $3 billion-asset institution. Some past leaders worry that the deal will erase one institution's local touch.

Moves by bank lobbyists to try to restrict credit union-bank mergers could wind up depriving many consumers of needed financial services.

Citigroup agreed to sell its India retail banking business for about 123 billion rupees ($1.6 billion) cash to Axis Bank, as the U.S. lender seeks to consolidate its operations in identified markets.

The $168 million deal would mark the third acquisition of 2022 for Seacoast and continue a years-long effort to bulk up via M&A.

The acquisitive Massachusetts company said it would pay $146.5 million to acquire Randolph and its $800 million-asset subsidiary, Envision Bank.