Banking

In this month's roundup of top banking news: a Supreme Court ruling on CFPB funding, TD Bank's money laundering woes, an FDIC workplace probe reveals a culture of misconduct and more.

In this week's banking news roundup: NCUA grants Tribe Federal Credit Union a provisional charter; ICBA Payments names Jacob Eisen its new president and CEO; Mission Fed Credit Union announces new role for longtime leader Steve Hasbrooke; and more.

Atlanta Postal Credit Union's bid to acquire Affinity Bank marked the 11th deal overall this year involving a credit union buying a bank, matching the total for all of 2023. Separately, members voted against the merger of two credit unions in Indiana.

A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau senior counsel argues that the agency needs to renew its focus on institution-building, in order to create a stable foundation on which the financial services industry, as well as its own employees, can rely.

The beleaguered Los Angeles-based bank reported its strongest quarterly results in more than a year, but executives at its Canadian parent company cautioned that improvements may not be linear.

Gesa Credit Union in Washington agreed to acquire a 103-year-old community bank in Centralia, as it eyes opportunities for additional growth in the Pacific Northwest. In the District of Columbia, a bank group is calling for exit fees on banks selling to tax-exempt credit unions.

Shan Hanes, who led Heartland Tri-State Bank in Kansas until it failed last year, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank officer. He now faces up to 30 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 8.

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The retail giant has scrapped its credit card partnership with Capital One, its second public spat in recent years with a partner bank. Analysts say it may be a sign that Walmart wants to launch its own credit card on what it hopes will be a financial super-app.

The Toronto-based company's U.S. banking segment continues to face headwinds from muted loan growth and higher deposit pricing. Net income for the division tumbled by more than 25% last quarter.

Leaders of financial institutions and industry trade groups are working together to provide impacted communities across the U.S. with basic necessities and quick, online emergency loans.

The financial services industry has largely recovered from the negative shocks of the 2008 financial crisis. Still, the results from the most recent release of the Edelman Trust Barometer found that banks need to address a significant level of skepticism among consumers.

Digital-first collection agencies such as TrueAccord, January and InDebted are analyzing consumer engagement signals and more to determine the most effective way for its clients to collect on debt.

Gone are the days when Wall Street executives dressed in conspicuously expensive clothing. Now the industry has adopted a more relaxed and casual dress code.

First Federal Bank of Kansas City finalized a plan to reorganize its corporate structure; Regions Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of 10 to win the "President's 'E' Award for Export Service"; Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group named Jim Weiss as Florida market president; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Analyzed from a property rights perspective, the dividends paid by the Federal Home Loan banks to their members are surprisingly stingy, and vary wildly between the different banks.

New York Community Bank's acquisition of the failed Signature Bank helped with its liquidity. But there were other considerations that decisionmakers overlooked in allowing the transaction to take place.

There were significant red flags that regulators overlooked when allowing New York Community Bank to acquire Signature Bank. Those include the fact that the company was still integrating the Flagstar Bank transaction.

SouthState Corp. plans to purchase Independent Bank Group in a $2 billion deal, marking an end to the latter bank's long run of buying companies. Chairman and CEO David Brooks pointed to a challenging interest rate environment and heightened regulatory scrutiny as reasons he decided to sell.

Executives at the Toronto-based bank said last year that they planned to add 150 branches in the United States. But when pressed on Thursday, they could not say how much they'll scale back their ambitions due to investigations over TD's anti-money laundering practices.