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Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Banks

Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Banks

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Management Business

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Management Business

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for Smaller Loans

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for Smaller Loans

First Citizens, CIT Plan Merger to Create $100bn Bank

First Citizens, CIT Plan Merger to Create $100bn Bank

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

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Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Banks

Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Bank…

Specialist financial services investor FJ Capital ...

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

The ‘Bank On’ initiative is being flagged as a key...

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for Smaller Loans

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership a…

This offers some relief to PPP borrowers seeking t...

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Management Business

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Manag…

“We are exiting them because they are not core to ...

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

US customers are happy with their banks’ performan...

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

The ‘Bank On’ initiative is being flagged as a key...

How COVID-19 and Tokenization Can Transform the Financial Sector

How COVID-19 and Tokenization Can Transform the Fi…

The pandemic has acted as a catalyst for positive ...

5 Examples of Cutting-edge Tools to Reinvent Your Mortgage Tech Stack

5 Examples of Cutting-edge Tools to Reinvent Your …

Not only does technology provide a better customer...

More than regulation — how PSD2 will be a key driving force for an Open Banking future

More than regulation — how PSD2 will be a key driv…

With Open Banking, third-party providers (TPPs) ca...

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

The ‘Bank On’ initiative is being flagged as a key...

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

An $85 million penalty against USAA follows simila...

ABA Urges DoJ to Update Market Data to Help M&A Governance

ABA Urges DoJ to Update Market Data to Help M&…

The rules governing bank mergers and acquisitions ...

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

An $85 million penalty against USAA follows simila...

The Contrasting Fortunes of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley

The Contrasting Fortunes of Citigroup and Morgan S…

The two financial services giants were hit with hu...

Equal Credit Opportunity: Critical Considerations for Fair Access and Fair Treatment in Consumer Lending

Equal Credit Opportunity: Critical Considerations …

The frenetic pace of credit requests serves as a r...

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Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Banks

Wave of M&A Predicted to Hit US Community Banks

Specialist financial services investor FJ Capital says the economic recovery and ultra-low interest rates make for ideal merger and acquisit...

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Management Business

Why Wells Fargo Is Looking to Exit the Asset Management Business

“We are exiting them because they are not core to serving our core customer base on the consumer and large corporate side. We are not exitin...

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

Bank Customer Satisfaction Rising, ABA Reports

US customers are happy with their banks’ performance through the pandemic, despite just 36% being aware of support services

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

Bank On It: How to Serve Underbanked Communities

The ‘Bank On’ initiative is being flagged as a key solution for underbanked and unbanked individuals and communities across the US

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for Smaller Loans

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for …

This offers some relief to PPP borrowers seeking to transfer some or all of their businesses through an equity or asset sale

First Citizens, CIT Plan Merger to Create $100bn Bank

First Citizens, CIT Plan Merger to Create $100bn Bank

Deal to create top-20 US bank is scheduled to complete in the first half of 2021

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

OCC Levies Third Major Fine This Month

An $85 million penalty against USAA follows similar actions against Citibank and Morgan Stanley

ABA Urges DoJ to Update Market Data to Help M&A Governance

ABA Urges DoJ to Update Market Data to Help M&A Governance

The rules governing bank mergers and acquisitions have not been updated since 1995

JP Morgan Chase Outperforms, Good Sign for the Banking Industry

JP Morgan Chase Outperforms, Good Sign for the Banking Industry

The nation’s largest bank by assets beat gross and net earnings forecasts

How a Global Pandemic Will Affect Non-Cash Payments

How a Global Pandemic Will Affect Non-Cash Payments

Contactless and digital payments are set to experience significant growth in the coming years

Eastern Bank Prepares for $1.8B IPO

Eastern Bank Prepares for $1.8B IPO

The US’s oldest mutual bank is going public on the Nasdaq market as of October 14

The Contrasting Fortunes of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley

The Contrasting Fortunes of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley

The two financial services giants were hit with huge regulatory penalties in the past few days, but Moody’s believes their prospects are ver...

How COVID-19 and Tokenization Can Transform the Financial Sector

How COVID-19 and Tokenization Can Transform the Financial Sector

The pandemic has acted as a catalyst for positive change such as the shift towards digitization and cashless payments or ecommerce, which in...

5 Examples of Cutting-edge Tools to Reinvent Your Mortgage Tech Stack

5 Examples of Cutting-edge Tools to Reinvent Your Mortgage Tech Stack

Not only does technology provide a better customer experience, but it is proven to create a more efficient and less risky lending process fr...

Anti-Money Laundering: Value the Needs of a Safe and Productive Society Over Profit

Anti-Money Laundering: Value the Needs of a Safe and Productive Society Over Pro…

This past weekend, a bombshell report found that major global banks have “defied money laundering crackdowns by moving staggering sums of il...

More than regulation — how PSD2 will be a key driving force for an Open Banking future

More than regulation — how PSD2 will be a key driving force for an Open Banking …

With Open Banking, third-party providers (TPPs) can offer customers a wealth of new and automated services beyond their standard bank offeri...

Bank of America Adopting Digital Financial Planning Tool Usually Developed by Fintechs

Bank of America Adopting Digital Financial Planning Tool Usually Developed by Fi…

Life Plan will be the name of a new website and mobile app which will help clients with aspirations of better credit scores

Equal Credit Opportunity: Critical Considerations for Fair Access and Fair Treatment in Consumer Lending

Equal Credit Opportunity: Critical Considerations for Fair Access and Fair Treat…

The frenetic pace of credit requests serves as a reminder to keep fairness central to all types of lending

What the Federal Reserve’s Latest Move Means for Large U.S. Banks

What the Federal Reserve’s Latest Move Means for Large U.S. Banks

The Federal reserve has decided to slow large bank capital distributions throughout the remainder of 2020

Banks Must Look Beyond the Pandemic and Use This Crisis as a Basis to Reimagine Their Role in the New Reality That Awaits

Banks Must Look Beyond the Pandemic and Use This Crisis as a Basis to Reimagine …

The banking sector has successfully navigated the immediate pressures of the COVID-19 crisis

The “New Normal” in Banking Customer Expectations

The “New Normal” in Banking Customer Expectations

How process automation is modernizing banking and improving CX

Optimizing Financial Services: The Digital Experience is Critical to Consumer Trust

Optimizing Financial Services: The Digital Experience is Critical to Consumer Tr…

For the IT professionals behind the scenes there is immense pressure to maintain security and uptime

The pandemic taught us that community banks need to rethink their strategic investments in technology

The pandemic taught us that community banks need to rethink their strategic inve…

Since the Great Recession, larger banks have been cutting back their small business lending programs

The Cost of AML Compliance for US Banks

The Cost of AML Compliance for US Banks

New data shows the impact of anti-money laundering and BSA compliance on banks’ balance sheets

Wells Fargo’s Scharf Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Comments

Wells Fargo’s Scharf Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Comments

Bank boss acknowledges error and pledges renewed commitment to improving Wells Fargo’s diversity work

PPP Forgiveness ‘More Time-Consuming Than Application’: GAO

PPP Forgiveness ‘More Time-Consuming Than Application’: GAO

Government Accountability Office evidence supports calls for streamlined forgiveness process – but time is running out for politicians to ac...

Banking Giants Prepared for Pandemic Fallout as More Stress Tests Loom

Banking Giants Prepared for Pandemic Fallout as More Stress Tests Loom

Moody’s declares global systemically important banks to be better prepared than rivals for an uncertain future

Byline Bank to Shut 20% of Branch Network

Byline Bank to Shut 20% of Branch Network

Annual savings of $4.3 million will be reinvested in digital offerings, the Chicago-based bank said

Sterling Faces Nasdaq Delisting Amid Loan Program Fallout

Sterling Faces Nasdaq Delisting Amid Loan Program Fallout

An ongoing review into past misconduct has delayed regulatory filings, threatening the bank’s status as a listed company

Appointments Latest: Synovus, United Look Outside Banking for New Directors

Appointments Latest: Synovus, United Look Outside Banking for New Directors

Plus: New lead director at JPMorgan Chase, and First Port City Bank promotes CFO to risk leadership role

US Banks Punished by Investors During Pandemic

US Banks Punished by Investors During Pandemic

The biggest three banks in the US also recorded the biggest drops in market capitalization in the year to August

Best Practices for Regulation Best Interest

Best Practices for Regulation Best Interest

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, firms are still required to comply with Regulation Best Interest

September Appointments: Citi Names First Female CEO

September Appointments: Citi Names First Female CEO

Plus: HSBC USA appoints a new head of wealth, and Bank 34 co-CEO Jill Gutierrez retires

Branch Business: The Banks Opening New Locations Across the US

Branch Business: The Banks Opening New Locations Across the US

Merchants & Marine is expanding in Mississippi, while Woodforest National Bank is growing in North Carolina

Blockchain in Mortgages – Adopting the New Kid on the Block

Blockchain in Mortgages – Adopting the New Kid on the Block

The world is fast progressing within the technology domain and digital services have penetrated to the unexplored corners of life

Why the pandemic taught us that community banks need to rethink their strategic investments in technology

Why the pandemic taught us that community banks need to rethink their strategic …

Community bank lenders were caught flat-footed by both the need to process large numbers of complex PPP loans quickly and support the ever-s...

Fintech Jiko Acquires Minnesota Bank

Fintech Jiko Acquires Minnesota Bank

California-based tech company is the first such firm to be approved for a bank acquisition and plans a new product launch imminently

Truist Makes Workforce Diversity Pledge

Truist Makes Workforce Diversity Pledge

The $504 billion banking giant will raise the proportion of its non-white senior leadership and improve pay equity

Illinois Bank to Close 13 Branches as Online Traffic Rises

Illinois Bank to Close 13 Branches as Online Traffic Rises

Midland States to spend up to $15 million on closures and renovations to existing branches, but expects long-term savings

ABA to Gather Nationwide Support for Hurricane Laura Relief

ABA to Gather Nationwide Support for Hurricane Laura Relief

The association’s new foundation is fundraising to help those affected by the storm, which has killed at least 25 people in Louisiana

Banks Step Up as Hurricane Laura Hits Southern States

Banks Step Up as Hurricane Laura Hits Southern States

Regions Bank waives fees and offers other relief while American Express donates to the American Red Cross

How Efficient Decisions Have Improved Tech Take-Up at Banks

How Efficient Decisions Have Improved Tech Take-Up at Banks

Faster decision-making processes and better internal governance structures have allowed banks to roll out new tech quicker

CIT Sells Wealth Advisory Arm to First Sun Capital

CIT Sells Wealth Advisory Arm to First Sun Capital

Plus: FirstBank Puerto Rico completes Santander purchase, and Farmers and Merchants Bank is approved for community bank merger

The Other Path to Fintech Fortunes

The Other Path to Fintech Fortunes

Roughly speaking, neo-banks have a business model where they spend a dollar to get fifty cents back

Unquestioned Trust: How the Financial Industry Can Create Secure (and Seamless) Online Banking Experiences

Unquestioned Trust: How the Financial Industry Can Create Secure (and Seamless) …

As their investment in digital transformation increases, banking organizations are learning a valuable lesson that all comes down to trust. ...

Did Sweden just set the next big trend in e-commerce payments?

Did Sweden just set the next big trend in e-commerce payments?

The Swedish Parliament has approved an amendment to the Swedish Payment Services Act

Keys to a Successful RPA Roadmap for Financial Institutions

Keys to a Successful RPA Roadmap for Financial Institutions

Financial firms are mobilizing and taking steps to enhance digital customer journeys and transform risk/regulatory processes

‘Standout’ Banks Identified for Covid-19 Response

‘Standout’ Banks Identified for Covid-19 Response

Greenwich Associates has highlighted 12 banks across the middle market and small business sectors

City First-Broadway Merger to Create Top Black-Led MDI

City First-Broadway Merger to Create Top Black-Led MDI

Plus: New York-based community banks to combine; Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Bay Banks plan merger

Appointments: Provident Names Post-Merger Leaders and Heartland Bank CEO Exits

Appointments: Provident Names Post-Merger Leaders and Heartland Bank CEO Exits

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