The Canadian-owned bank vowed to appeal the large verdict, which illustrated the risks that banks take on when they shoulder the liabilities of companies they acquire.

David DePillo stepped down not long after the company said it would tap the brakes on loan growth and focus on lagging deposit gathering.

A proposed rule would end a 40-year moratorium on participation in the Small Business Administration's flagship 7(a) program by nondepository lenders. However, staffing constraints would limit the number of new licenses to just three at the start.

The world's largest crypto trading platform, Binance, is bailing out its rival FTX in a buyout amid the smaller company's liquidity crisis.

The company is building on other 2022 launches including stock trading and faster remittances from the U.S. to Mexico in its campaign to offer an all-encompassing financial app.

More than half of bank corporate development professionals surveyed by McKinsey predicted that the next 18 to 24 months will offer better opportunities to create value through acquisitions than the past two years have. Economic uncertainty may provide opportunities for buyers to make deals at discounted prices.