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Christy Fillingame is a senior director at RSM US LLP.

Joni Andrioff is a lawyer at the Washington National Tax office of RSM US LLP.

Jules Levenson is senior counsel at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago. He represents employers, benefit plans, and plan sponsors in a wide range of employment law matters, with a focus on a range of employee benefits litigation matters.

Richard Loebl is senior counsel at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in New York.

Arkansas Federal Credit Union in Little Rock launched a branded calling solution in June through a partnership with First Orion, also based in Little Rock. It has helped reduce declined calls by 21%.

House Republicans and lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee questioned the culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after a Wall Street Journal report alleged a climate of sexual harassment and misogyny.

Scott McFarlane co-founded Avalara in 2004 and is the company's CEO. Avalara started as a provider of digital sales tax compliance solutions in the U.S. and has grown globally to become a market leader in compliance automation software. Avalara's mission is to be part of every transaction in the world by automating the compliance journey for businesses of all sizes.

The deal for SimplyBank, scheduled to be completed in the second quarter, would give First Financial in Terre Haute, Indiana, additional branches in Tennessee and its first presence in Georgia.

As more corporations call employees back to the office, payments technology firms like Wise are balancing the need for in-person collaboration with meeting workers' flexibility needs.

Executives reflecting on the issues that doomed three banks say the closures stressed the importance of adapting quickly to change, and emphasized the advantages of the credit union business model.