MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Commonwealth Bank, Norristown, Pa., a subsidiary of Commonwealth
Ms. Mullen was vice president of traditional banking, supervising sales
She was promoted to vice president-branch manager of community banking
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will announce Senior staffers overseeing large, regional and community banks early next month, apparently reversing the unified approach to supervision it implemented earlier in the year.
Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought has managed to neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through a series of actions. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., played a major role by cutting funding in half.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there was a "high degree of unity" among committee members during this week's Federal Open Market Committee vote. Out of 12 FOMC members, 11 voted for a 25 basis point cut.
The Federal Open Market Committee's decision to reduce interest rates for the first time in nine months lifted bank stocks Wednesday. The 25-basis-point reduction could lead to net interest income headwinds now, but loan growth later, analysts said.
Community Financial in Syracuse has made its biggest investment ever in an outside company, taking a $37.4 million equity stake in an insurance provider that focuses on the rental housing market.
St. Cloud Financial Credit Union will be issuing its own stablecoin at the end of this year, becoming one of the first U.S. credit unions to do so.
