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Seibly, a 35-year banking industry veteran, takes over the Jacksonville, Florida, online bank now that private equity investors have purchased it from TIAA.

Banks locked in funding by offering more enticing rates on certificates of deposit last quarter, but rebuilding liquidity came at a cost. Competition isn't dying down either, with a couple of credit unions floating 6% CD rates.

More than 1,000 users reported problems making payments on Tuesday before complaint volumes tapered around midday, according to DownDetector, a site that collects user outage reports. The internal network disruption comes on the heels of another Zelle outage JPMorgan Chase took responsibility for seven days ago.

Michigan State University Federal Credit Union and Nymbus teamed up to design a package of business banking tools with an eye toward credit unions, which historically have tread lightly into this space.

The racially targeted mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022 has renewed conversations about whether banks have a duty to help segregated, impoverished communities that were shaped in part by discriminatory lending practices. What do banks owe the Black community, and what influence could they have?

Median noninterest income at midsize banks rose 7.2% in the second quarter, exceeding expectations. Dallas-based Texas Capital stood out from the pack, reporting a large uptick in fee income thanks largely to its new investment banking platform.

Gateway First Bank, a former nonbank home lender, rode the pandemic era's mortgage wave to No. 1 on American Banker's latest list of top-performing banks based on full-year 2022 data. Now it has to cope with the housing market slowdown.

The top five community banks have more than $670 million in combined home equity loan portfolios as of March 31, 2023.

Payment companies hope the government-backed rail could spur both domestic and international growth for instant settlement.

The top five banks and thrifts have more than $12 trillion in combined total assets as of the end of Q1 2023.

Cloud giants are making major investments in generative AI and large language models. Their financial services clients are mostly in test-and-learn mode.

Dream First Bank of Syracuse, Kan. is assuming all deposits and most of the assets of Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kan. following a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., representing a $54.2 million hit to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. this week launched the sale of an $18.5 billion loan portfolio from the failed bank, a pool of debt tied to major private equity and investing firms. 

 The advance has helped the group pare its declines this year to roughly 10%, easing an earlier drop of as much as 33% following a string of regional bank collapses, including Silicon Valley Bank in March. 

The top five banks and thrifts have more than $7 trillion in combined total deposits as of the end of Q1 2023.

Big Poppy Bancorp has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire up to 24.99% of Summit State Bank. Both institutions are headquartered in Santa Rosa. Combining them would create the city's biggest bank.

In her day-to-day job directing activities at the card network's Start Path accelerator, Sabrina Tharani helps nurture companies that are developing new payments products and services.

Business cards provide a tactile experience that digital forms of communication do not replicate. They offer a tangible reminder of a discussion, which can be far more memorable.

Centerbridge Partners and Warburg Pincus said they would invest $400 million in Banc of California in conjunction with its purchase of PacWest. The private equity injection was made possible through reverse accounting, which used Banc of California's balance sheet to value the transaction.

The Federal Reserve released its list of large bank capital requirements based on the results from this year's stress test. While overall capital obligations will decline, some firms will have to hold more capital.