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Hudson Valley Bank, Yonkers, N.Y., has appointed Vincent T. Palaia,
All three report to John N. Finnerty, president and chief executive
Mr. Palaia remains executive vice president and chief lending officer, a
Mr. Brown, senior vice president and chief financial officer, was
Mr. Bellini, who was a senior vice president, was promoted to executive
The Billings, Montana-based bank finds itself in the crosshairs of a high-profile activist investor. On Thursday, it stuck to its organic growth plan and said it isn't interested in using its excess capital to restructure its securities book.
Top SBA lenders are warning about the impact of a prolonged shutdown. NewtekOne skipped providing fourth-quarter guidance after its CEO said the situation was too cloudy to forecast.
The U.K. bank's "Scam Intelligence" tool uses Google's Gemini to analyze images and texts for red flags, aiming to reduce losses from authorized push payment fraud.
A commonly used standard for property and casualty insurance will offer a carve-out for generative AI liability starting in January. Startups like Testudo, Vouch and Armilla AI stand by to scoop up that business.
Until August, Bell was the executive director for loan guaranty service at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was credited with growing the program.
The 30-year rate dropped just 0.2 percentage points, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's recent comments caused Treasury yields to rise.
