Tom Dierdorff, formerly a Regions executive, will lead the Georgia bank's push into the lucrative but competitive market.

Four of the six bankers joining Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners worked in Truist Financial’s aerospace, defense and government contracting unit.

Scott Earl will step down from his leadership role at the trade group at the end of June.

The tech entrepreneur has been increasingly focused on Bitcoin, a key growth area for the payments company he co-founded.

Its goals are twofold: to be a financial intermediary between buyers and sellers on the Provenance blockchain and to use the technology to bring speed and efficiency to loans and other products.

Some Senate Democrats are mulling a revised proposal that would require banks and credit unions to report account data tied only to business, not personal, income. Despite the change and attempts to minimize compliance costs, industry officials remain opposed.