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JAM Fintop's Banktech fund, which is backed by community banks, has invested in Monit, a small-business predictive analytics company. Two of the banks have expressed interest in using its product.

The bank-supported blockchain organization plans to use the acquired assets to speed testing for digital currencies.

Jonathan Rosen, CEO of the specialty finance division at Synovus Financial, perished with his assistant, his daughter and her friend when the plane that Rosen was piloting crashed. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the accident.

More banks are boosting salaries to lure and keep workers in a highly competitive hiring market, but the pressure is on to trim expenses elsewhere to offset the pay hikes.

Nonfungible tokens, which provide proof of ownership in the digital world, are booming. Payment companies are betting they will require payment rails to fund high-value purchases and attract new customers for loyalty marketing.

Silvio Tavares, the former chief executive of the Digital Commerce Alliance, will lead the credit-bureau analytics firm.

Bank of America is giving businesses new ways to transfer money to their customers with the rollout of a system called Recipient Select.

Columbia Banking System would be the surviving holding company and retain its Tacoma, Washington, headquarters and the banking unit would be based in Portland, Oregon, and operate under the Umpqua Bank brand.

Banks, credit card issuers and debt collectors all supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s revised regulations. But they face a steep learning curve in complying with the rules, which take effect Nov. 30.

Laurie Butz, a senior vice president at another Wisconsin credit union, will replace longtime CEO Tom Young, who is retiring.