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Ranjana Clark is the newest member of Texas Capital Bancshares' board of directors; Minnesota's Wings Credit Union and Colorado's Ent Credit Union are merging; Regions Bank adds Angela Santone to its C-suite; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The Long Island-based regional bank, which reported another quarterly loss Friday, continues to hire in the commercial-and-industrial lending sphere as it seeks to diversify its commercial real estate-heavy business.

Registration is now open for American Banker's annual Best Banks to Work For awards.

The Pennsylvania bank, which is working to diversify its deposit base and increase its access to low-cost deposits, has brought on some 10 commercial banking teams in the last year.

For too long, banks have outsourced innovation, placing their future in the hands of outside vendors. That's no longer a viable strategy. Banks need to bring innovation in-house again.

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The Federal Reserve withdrew expectations on crypto activity and dollar tokenization, while the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also withdrew their versions of the guidance.

The Washington, D.C.-area bank reported a significant boost in provisions to cover emerging vulnerabilities in its $1 billion portfolio of office loans.

Tacoma, Washington-based Columbia Banking System said it will buy Pacific Premier Bancorp, accelerating its growth in Southern California by about a decade. The deal is Columbia's second major acquisition in three years.

A cohort of Democratic senators on the banking committee expressed concern over the Department of Government Efficiency's ongoing efforts to cut Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. staff and contracts, saying they worried the efforts could weaken the nation's deposit insurer and expose sensitive bank data if improperly handled.