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Huntington Bancshares in Ohio has recruited its new managing director of commercial specialty banking as well as its new corporate treasurer from rival regional banks.

The Southern California branches will be sold to HomeState Bank, a Seattle-based community bank. The Department of Justice required the sale as part of U.S. Bancorp's pending acquisition of MUFG Union Bank.

The tech giant's planned savings account would receive deposits from the Apple Card's Daily Cash rewards, encouraging users to spend more on Apple's credit card as a way to build their balances.

Anchorage Digital Bank and the Provenance Blockchain Foundation have partnered to let banks take a stake in the Provenance blockchain, run nodes of it and receive fees and peace of mind in return.

The Financial Stability Board proposed recommendations for companies that offer crypto-asset and stablecoin services following "crypto winter."

The Wyoming-chartered digital bank, which is suing the Federal Reserve for the right to a master account, says the central bank is applying a double standard on crypto custody.

Voyager Digital Ltd. creditors are taking issue with plans to provide the crypto lender's directors and officers with immunity from lawsuits tied to its descent into bankruptcy. 

Even legal dispensaries can be risky business partners, so Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union is working with Green Check Verified to make sure everything is above board. "Just because somebody has a license from the state, they can't show up with a duffel bag full of cash like Scarface and say let's do business together," Green Check CEO Kevin Hart said.

There were 37 deals announced in the third quarter, well below the 64 announced in the same period of 2021, according to a Raymond James analysis. Uncertainty over the November election is just the latest factor slowing mergers and acquisitions.

The main goal of Frsh is to help people protect their earnings from the fees of check-cashing facilities and predatory loans.