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The Louisiana-based Barksdale has agreed to purchase HomeBank of Arkansas. It is the fourth deal involving the sale of a bank to a credit union in less than two weeks.

The Canadian banking giant cited labor shortages, rising inflation and the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as reasons for keeping loan-loss allowances above pre-pandemic levels.

In this session, meet the new Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, Chana Schoenberger, and gain critical insights into the trends and challenges shaping the industry and business strategies for 2022 and beyond.

Fintech deals totaled $348.5 billion in 2021. Here are the trends causing the record transaction wave.

Tricia Szurgot is joining Securityplus from First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union in Pennsylvania.

Senate Democrats insist the GOP's boycott of President Biden's picks for the Federal Reserve is interfering with the central bank's handling of an economic crisis. But GOP lawmakers say the Fed is functioning fine and their concerns about nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin are material.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined steps the department is taking to mitigate climate risk, including a report on the regulatory gaps in the insurance industry.

Steve Prymas has over twenty years of Professional Liability experience. He was previously the Vice President, Specialty Lines Manager and Global Chief Underwriting Officer of Cyber for Gen Re where he was charged with setting strategy and growing specialty lines across Treaty and Facultative reinsurance. While at The Hartford, Steve was responsible for strategic direction, underwriting staff, and P&L of The Hartford’s management & professional liability business. His experience also includes the introduction of predictive modeling, objective risk tiering, third party data proxies, online quoting and automated cross-selling. He also chaired The Hartford's enterprise-wide Cyber Working Group.

In addition to his roles at HFP and Gen Re, Steve has spoken at and chaired several PLUS and Advisen events.

Steve’s passion for insurance started at the early age of 13 when he made change for homeowners’ payments at the petty cash register of a local insurance agency.

Steve is a graduate of Hamilton College and member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

Sendi Young, the blockchain company's European managing director, discussed how a partnership with fintech Modulr supports its ongoing efforts to streamline money movement in a world where many payment rails predate the modern internet.

The $837 million-asset Commerce State is one of the largest banks ever to agree to be sold to a credit union.