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Banco Bradesco, Brazil’s second-biggest bank by market value, is partnering with the Miami-based fintech BCP Global to offer digital investments to upper-middle-class and rich Brazilians.

Figure Technologies, the startup co-founded by Mike Cagney, created a platform to help private companies raise and trade equity using its blockchain technology.

Current regulations barring out-of-state banks from siphoning deposits from local communities are effectively toothless, as the experience in Miami has shown.

Purchases by adults between the ages of 25 and 40 have risen 50% over 2019, and the same group accounts for 75% of sign-ups for American Express’s pricier new cards.

BlackRock, the world’s largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, will move most of its U.S. ETF assets from State Street to reduce its reliance on the bank’s custody services.

The economic tremors caused by the COVID-19 crisis led some analysts to argue that it was only a matter of time before some financial institutions collapsed. But thanks to government stimulus, the industry’s ample capital levels and moderate risk exposure, bank closings have become a rarity.

Business lines south of the border, led by a diversified commercial banking unit, contributed more than 40% of total earnings at Bank of Montreal over the past 12 months. Company executives now see an opportunity in selling wealth management services to commercial clients.

The deal for Summit Financial furthers First Financial’s strategy of acquiring national niche business lines.

Business and regulatory pressures were already weighing on aging executives before the onset of the pandemic led many to delay retirement plans. Now as the crisis eases, an increasing number are finally stepping down.

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pledged to make it easier for state attorneys general to draw on the Consumer Financial Protection Act in filing lawsuits against corporate wrongdoers.