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Readers respond to BB&T-SunTrust's rebranding, consider the future of home equity loans, debate the number of credit unions buying up community banks and more.

The Tulsa, Okla., bank is adding Jim Thompson as director of senior housing investments.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has appeared willing to take its own steps to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but legislation would be necessary to create an explicit guarantee of the mortgage system.

Rep. Katie Porter is butting heads with Jamie Dimon again. The Democrat from California claims JPMorgan Chase’s new policy of making credit card customers use arbitration instead of the courts to resolve payment disputes violates her state’s laws.

Eric Jenkins is taking over at the Amarillo-based institution as its president and CEO is set to retire.

The central bank gathered feedback in nearly 30 roundtable discussions about regulators' efforts to modernize the 1977 law.

The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill without a key provision that would allow banks a no-cost presence on military installations, a privilege some credit unions currently enjoy.

Lynn Harton, the Georgia bank's CEO and a 20-year BB&T veteran, is considering acquisitions in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee markets where the entity soon to be named Truist Financial has a high profile.

The Indiana company, which has an acquisition pending, will make more loans in minority neighborhoods around Indianapolis.

The Goldman Sachs unit that offers savings accounts and makes personal loans says it will cover certain expenses for its customers who elect arbitration.