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The $116 million deal to acquire HMN Financial in Rochester would mark the 26th acquisition of this century for Alerus. The transaction is slated to close in the fourth quarter.
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Titi Cole, CEO of legacy franchises at Citigroup, is stepping down in June to pursue opportunities outside of the financial services industry.
May 15
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Founder and Director of the IoT Insurance Observatory, and Global Ambassador of the Italian InsurTech Association.
Internationally recognized as an insurance industry strategist and a world-renowned authority on InsurTech, he has worked in 20 different international insurance markets. Co-author of a book, 18 papers and more than 100 thought-leadership articles on insurance innovation. He has been invited to speak at more than 200 events across the world.
Accomplished business leader who co-founded Archimede, a SPAC that raised €47M and acquired the Italian insurance carrier Net Insurance in 2018. As board member and chairperson of the innovation advisory board, played a key role in the success of the listed combined entity. This journey resulted in Poste Italiane's acquisition of Net Insurance in May 2023, generating a 120% return for SPAC investors.
Before creating Observatory and co-founding Archimede, he spent 11 years in Bain & Company. He received his Business Administration degree from Bocconi University, also executive program certificates in IoT and data monetization from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
May 15
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Companies such as Synctera, Treasury Prime and Unit are diversifying their services or enabling more direct contracts between banks and fintechs to survive in an evolving regulatory environment.
May 15
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Rachel Lin is a co-founder and CEO of SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform. She previously worked in the global markets division at Deutsche Bank, where she specialized in derivatives, and is also a founding partner of Matrixport, one of Asia's largest crypto neobanks.
May 15
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Matt Rampe, ASA, PCC is a partner at
Rosenberg Associates , a top-ranked CPA firm consultancy. His specialties include strategic planning, managing partner coaching and practice management. His complete biography is availablehere .May 15
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The VantageScore 4plus product pulls in standard credit file information while also analyzing bank account balance and other transactional data to create an adjusted score
May 15
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg apologized for his management and temper at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that focused on his handling of the agency in the immediate aftermath of a workplace behavior report outlining serious misconduct that prevailed for years.
May 15
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The bill, which would allow uninsured trust companies to issue stablecoins, represents a perilous departure from historically sound financial regulatory policies, and would open the door to potentially catastrophic market disruptions.
May 15
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Amex is working with Worldpay to reach businesses in the U.K., Western Union has resumed remittances to Cuba after shutting down that corridor in 2020, and more.
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