Banking

Just a few years ago, there was no organization for LGBTQ credit union executives and employees, nor was there anyone openly out on the stages of credit union conferences — until Linda Bodie, CEO of Element Federal Credit Union in West Virginia, asked them to make themselves known.

Titi Cole will run the megabank’s legacy franchises division, which contains consumer businesses that Citi is looking to sell or wind down in other countries. The exits are part of CEO Jane Fraser’s efforts to reshape the bank.

TriCo Bancshares said regulators will allow it to finalize its $165.6 million acquisition of Valley Republic. The deal was initially expected to close last year.

Mastercard said it got about 4% of its net revenues last year from business linked to Russia, as Western nations level sanctions against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.

LendingClub is resisting pressure from stakeholders to jump into cryptocurrency as it completes a bank acquisition and works to introduce more traditional financial products.

The National Credit Union Administration is following up on earlier disbursements totaling more than $1.8 billion to address the failure of four institutions in the wake of the financial crisis.

Alternative lenders should be held to the same standards as banks under the Community Reinvestment Act and other laws, M&T CEO René Jones argued in a letter to shareholders.

Lawmakers in New Mexico recently approved a stringent rate limit, and similar efforts are underway in Rhode Island and Michigan. The state-level actions are among the "numerous headwinds" facing high-cost lenders, one analyst said.

The New York bank recently converted 3 million GM Rewards cardholders to its Marcus app, the next phase of its plans to offer more banking services in unexpected places.

Richard Adams Sr. will step down from United Bankshares' top job on April 1, after 47 years. Current President Richard Adams Jr. will take over.

The industry reported a jump in trading revenue and investment banking fee income, which helped offset rising expenses, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s latest Quarterly Banking Profile.

Americans with student loans are about to get a stark wake-up call on their borrowings as government relief programs phase out, according to a blog post by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

The Columbus, Ohio, bank has agreed to buy an investment banking and advisory firm that caters to midsize companies to "accelerate" the growth of its capital markets unit.

Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal got an earnings boost with commercial clients ramping up their borrowing as economies emerged further from the pandemic.

Consumers are expected to be their own chief financial officers, and students should be formally prepared for the job like any professional. Banks can support such education programs and reward those who complete them.

Customers who have access to suitable credit and other offerings and know how to use them appropriately can seize economic opportunities, open businesses and contribute to the collective success of communities, F.N.B. chief Vincent Delie Jr. argues.

The Canadian banking giant established a nine-month window to finish its $13.4 billion purchase of First Horizon, which could be challenging given the tighter regulatory scrutiny of bank M&A. After November, the price tag will go up.

Robins Financial Credit Union is acquiring the $430 million-asset Persons Banking Co. The deal, announced Monday, comes less than a week after Georgia’s Own Credit Union in Atlanta said it is buying Vinings Bank in Smyrna.

With the buy now/pay later market cooling and regulatory scrutiny increasing, Zip aims to rapidly scale with merchants and consumers.

The New York bank said it called off the acquisition of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago because it has been unable to obtain regulatory approval. But the seller expressed hope that the deal could still move forward.