Wealth management

Standard Chartered Bank hired a new head of digital assets, Europe and Americas; Provident Financial Holdings has a new chief financial officer; Bank of America is opening four branches in Boise, Idaho; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The bank, which expanded into the U.S. last year by investing in KeyCorp, wants to provide wealth management to rich Indian immigrants, many of whom own businesses.

Inclusion is a core tenet of the company, with headquarters in both the U.S. and India and a mission to expand access to education.

With vast amounts of capital locked in privately held companies, both employees of those companies and average investors would benefit from a loosening of the rules restricting private investment.

Ranjana Clark is the newest member of Texas Capital Bancshares' board of directors; Minnesota's Wings Credit Union and Colorado's Ent Credit Union are merging; Regions Bank adds Angela Santone to its C-suite; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Marion and Polk Schools Credit Union announced plans to buy Lewis & Clark Bank in Oregon City; Citizens Financial Group tapped veteran McKinsey banker Azra Pravdic to join its executive committee; the Federal Reserve Board approved United Community Banks' merger with ANB; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Veterans of the dot-com bubble of the late '90s, the early 2000s recession, the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 shutdown of 2020 say the more things change, the more things stay the same.

Wall Street continued its sell-off of financial institutions as the increasing likelihood of a U.S. recession fuels fears of revenue pressures.

Fears of a recession intensified after President Trump unveiled his plan to impose a minimum 10% tariff on all U.S. imports, and the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index tumbled by nearly 10%.

The trading app provider has debuted wealth management services, and will be rolling out banking and new AI-powered investment tools later in the year.