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A fintech called NCS Analytics wants to analyze power-use data at cannabis businesses for banks that finance them. It says the information can help expose illegitimate activity.

Loan balances at the end of the second quarter were up by double digits from a year earlier for the Honolulu-based institution.

3Rivers Federal Credit Union in Indiana will pay about $38 million for West End Bank.

It’s not yet time to retire the notion that businesses favor checks for supply chains, but deployments in multiple markets signals a turning point in modernizing B2B payments.

Once the merger between Infinity FCU and Vibrant CU is completed, the combined institution will have 17 branches across five states.

The year's second-biggest bank merger created a Midwestern regional with nearly $50 billion in assets, and its CEO and executive vice chairman don't intend to stop there.

Bankers are downplaying such concerns, but others say a sharp decline in values on rent-regulated buildings means landlords will have less cash flow to acquire new properties.

Sean Daly, the Middletown, R.I.-based institution's CFO, will take over as president and CEO when Ellen Ford steps down in November.

The Arkansas company will pay $434 million for Landrum Co., which also has branches in Oklahoma and Texas.

The Boulder, Colo.-based institution will now serve a dozen counties in its home state.