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HBT Financial in Bloomington, Illinois, has agreed to acquire Tri-County Financial Group in a deal valued $204.6 million.
August 10
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The bill, dubbed the Insider Trading Prohibition Act, sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by people who possess material, nonpublic information.
August 10
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Edward Jones financial advisors helped the firm reel in $17.7 billion in net new assets in the second quarter. And another recent filing gave clues about the firm's upcoming planned changes to equity stakes.
August 10
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USAA sued Fifth Third last month over four patents. The bank had already asked the patent office to cancel two of them.
August 10
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The July jobs report was bad, but the context is worse: people leaving the labor force, stubborn inflation and rising bond yields.
August 10
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America's smallest bank, with just $3.7 million of assets, survived for more than a century, including the Great Depression and the Great Recession. But, it could not survive overzealous regulators.
August 10
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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $10-$50 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.
August 10
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The Federal Trade Commission has ended enforcement of disparate-impact claims under federal antidiscrimination law, aligning with the stance taken by other federal agencies during the Trump era.
August 7
