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The Illinois company will become one of the area's top 10 banks after buying Bank of Edwardsville.

The Tennessee-based CU is issuing a $3 million special dividend and plans to make donations to local nonprofits in celebration of its 70th anniversary.

Bank to offer 100 free stock or ETF trades to customers; the BofA unit will deposit uninvested client cash in banks, not money market funds.

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These money transfers offer many transformative benefits, such as lifting recipient families out of poverty, improving health and nutrition conditions, increasing education opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship, says Raj Agrawal, CFO of Western Union.

When engaging in an increasingly competitive credit card rewards and benefits market, issuers have to make sure their programs and pitches to consumers are as simple as possible. But that's hard to do when perks range from points and rewards to the very materials used to build the cards.

Community bankers take pride in their personal touch with customers, but they must extend it to mobile platforms. A good start is creating digital hubs that let customers view their full financial picture in one place, a chief technology officer says.

The agency said the market for larger rental investors may not need additional liquidity from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Eagle Bancorp Montana is gaining four branches and $94 million in deposits with its $19 million purchase of Big Muddy Bancorp.

Bringing in new talent and/or promoting from within can bolster a credit union's performance.