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New models are emerging, including joint initiatives between established banks and new alternative lending players, as well as those incorporating blockchain and cryptocurrencies, writes Eugene Green from WishFinance.

The McLean, Va., company said that the personnel moves were unrelated to either its financial performance or its risk performance.

The elimination of a key deduction that had worked as a cap on CEO salaries, combined with investor pressure to maintain performance incentives, could lead to an upward drift in compensation for top executives of many banks.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on five bills, three of which are included in the deal negotiated between Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and moderate Democrats.

The payments company will pay $321 million for Crestmark Bank, a commercial lender that focuses on asset-based lending, equipment finance and government-guaranteed loans.

Well known CU exec hired by innovation group, another earns local kudos and more new hires, promotions and awards.

Examiners focus too much on how many suspicious activity reports banks file and too little on the true riskiness of their activities, according to lawmakers and industry representatives.

The Senate Banking Committee will have two additional members in 2018: Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Doug Jones, D-Ala.

The iBelong Campaign in the Keystone State marks two milestones: its 10th anniversary and seeing CU membership in Pennsylvania surpass 4 million.

Lower taxes mean more earnings, higher capital levels and perhaps a psychological boost for buyers.