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Citizens Community Bank in South Hill, Va., has redeemed about 75% of its outstanding preferred stock in the Small Business Lending Fund.

Many in the banking industry on Friday voiced support for the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide and discussed how it would have an impact on their businesses.

As the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank approaches, regulators in the U.S. and around the world appear to be joining the financial industry in favoring an approach to shadow banking that focuses on risky activities, rather than entities.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week, including a proposal to regulate banks based on their activities rather than size and a plea for members of Congress to take action to help community banks.

WASHINGTON — Certain indicators of financial risk appear to be getting worse, including term premiums for Treasury bonds and dealer inventories of fixed-income assets, according to the Office of Financial Research.

Colorado has named a new state banking commissioner, after an interim commissioner has held the job for almost 18 months.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and from our social media platforms.

Banks need to take a hard look at the age-old practice of using signatures to authenticate card payments, Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell said Thursday.