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Bay Commercial Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., has agreed to buy First ULB in Oakland, Calif.
December 15 -
Receiving Wide Coverage ...Confirmed: As expected, Goldman Sachs named David Solomon and Harvey Schwartz as presidents and co-COOs to replace Gary Cohn, who is leaving to join the Trump administration. The naming of two co-presidents to replace Cohn "raises questions about the structure and strategic direction of the company," the Financial Times says, and suggests "a return to a traditional structure that pits an executive from the trading side of the business against one from investment banking." While the New York Times suggests it's "a new generation."
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By making tokenization available on each other's digital wallets, Visa and Mastercard are addressing the security concerns of merchants who are happy to accept both brands but nervous about how their wallets can be misused.
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Consumers have long had options to pay for high-value purchases through monthly installments, but payments providers — from PayPal to Mastercard — have typically focused on other ways to lift purchase volume.
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PCSB Bank in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., is planning to convert to stock ownership, ending 145 years as a depositor-owned mutual.
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In response to a series of cyber bank thefts, Swift has developed new guidance. It's a necessary first step, though banks for now are still left to fend for themselves.
December 15
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Yahoo! Inc. disclosed a second major security breach that may have affected more than 1 billion users, another blow to the company's reputation as it nears the sale of its main web businesses to Verizon Communications Inc.
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The tech firm behind USAA's digital assistant has introduced an authentication tool that identifies customers by the sound of their voice or by their facial features.
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John Woods will join the $147 billion-asset company on Feb. 13 before succeeding John Fawcett on March 4, Citizens said in a Wednesday press release.
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BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., will take a roughly $17 million earnings hit due to a change in the fair value of its mortgage-servicing rights and a corresponding hedge.
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