East West Bancorp in Pasadena, Calif., has sold a property in San Francisco for $120.6 million.
The $35 billion-asset company
East West will also rent space for its branch.
The company said it expects to record a pretax gain of $71.7 million. Some gains will be deferred because East West is leasing part of the building.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said in a speech Tuesday morning that she is working with other regulators around the world to emphasize innovation in the banking sector, including with artificial intelligence.
The new Fed is going to do less talking, if Kevin Warsh has his way. But talking is a powerful tool the Fed can use to get what it wants.
Market watchers say it is plausible that regulators will have established rules of the road for tokenized bank deposits by next year. But to get there, many outstanding issues will need to be ironed out first.
Oklahoma's Bank7 may acquire New Mexico's Century Bank by the end of the year. The reason: A wealthy Century shareholder is being forced to sell his shares to satisfy a $40 million debt.
Organizers of Bank of St. George were close to the finish line in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. Now CEO Bruce Jensen says the planned bank should open its doors by the end of the year.
Two executive orders pulled federal deadlines for quantum-proof encryption forward to 2030, after 2026 research cut the cost of breaking today's codes.
