Americas

With South Florida's economy expected to continue outperforming the rest of the nation, Banesco USA is laying plans to extend its reach into Broward, the wealthy and populous county just north of its Coral Gables home base.

Offices, apartment buildings and retail locations in Los Angeles face a tangle of difficulties as the smoke clears from January's wildfires. High on the list is inadequate insurance, a common problem in California.

A new Office of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships will continue the work of helping banks develop affordable credit for consumers lacking a credit score using untraditional methods of determining creditworthiness, the agency's acting head said.

BankFirst Capital Corp. is seeking to bolster its presence in southern Mississippi with a deal to acquire Magnolia State.

Dodig, who has led the Canadian bank since 2014, will be succeeded by Harry Culham, CIBC's head of capital markets.

The president exempted Mexican and Canadian goods covered by the North American trade agreement from his 25% tariffs, offering reprieves to America's two largest trading partners.

Senate GOP leaders also aim to make the TCJA tax cuts permanent, which would raise the costs of tax reform unless a new scoring method is adopted.

Edward Arthur Nurse was in charge of the vault at Park Side Credit Union. Then $389,000 went missing, replaced by piles of fake cash.

As climate change causes more frequent disasters, more mortgages are at risk of going underwater. How can banks limit their exposure?

President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are on track to go into place on Tuesday and he plans to impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese imports, moves that would deepen his fight with the nation's largest trading partners.