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Warren, Waters probe NCUA chair on Trump firings
A letter sent Friday follows up on “troubling information” received from the NCUA IG after the April firings of two board members.
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JPMorgan Chase to launch deposit token
“It will be the first token of its kind on a public blockchain, enabling fast, secure, 24/7 money movement between trusted parties,” according to a post by Base, Coinbase’s blockchain.
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GENIUS Act puts renewed spotlight on stablecoins, digital assets
The regulatory clarity the measure proposes to bring to the stablecoin space can help ease some of the worries of more conservative entities, such as banks, examining the space, EY’s Paul Brody said.
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PNC’s mobile branch manager braces for hurricane season
“Our purpose is to make sure that we minimize any disruptions for the communities we serve, as quickly and as physically safely as we can do that,” Chris Hill said.
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Synctera’s new risk chief doubles down on compliance planning
Fintech Synctera has tapped a former Fed and OCC examiner as CRCO, as the firm pursues growth with a focus on regulatory compliance.
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CFPB again delays small-biz data collection rule’s compliance timeline
The bureau in April said it is “assessing” the rule with an eye toward retooling it. The CFPB later said it wouldn’t enforce the measure. And Senate Republicans have sought to push compliance to 2034.
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Primis to sell some of its stake in medical fintech
An undisclosed buyer will purchase Panacea Financial for $22 million. A timeline for the deal was not disclosed.
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Banks reverse course, increase fossil fuel investments in 2024: report
The top four U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi and Wells Fargo — represented 21% of the global financing in the latest Banking on Climate Chaos report.
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Citizens exec: ‘Crazy’ tariff volatility seems to have abated
Client optimism is returning after an initial dip, but “everybody is doing one more lap around the diligence on M&A deals,” said Don McCree, the lender’s head of commercial banking.
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Fed, OCC, FDIC target check fraud
Federal agencies took aim at payments fraud Monday, proposing more collaboration, including with states, to combat the rising problem, especially with respect to paper checks.
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JPMorgan names firm vet to lead international consumer bank
Mark O’Donovan will replace Sanoke Viswanathan, who earlier this month said he would leave the bank to run financial software firm FactSet.
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Commerce to buy FineMark in $585M deal
The acquirer aims to expand its presence in high-growth markets and leverage its wealth platform with the addition of FineMark’s $7.7 billion in assets under administration in a deal set to close by Jan. 1, 2026.
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BNY names CEO Robin Vince as its next chair
With the move, Joe Echevarria will become the bank’s lead independent director. BNY will be the sixth of the eight U.S.-based global SIFIs to consolidate the CEO and board chair roles.
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Open banking to survive Trump, fintechs say
Consumers and financial services firms will pursue their mutual interests in sharing personal data, despite a move by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to extinguish the trend, industry experts contend.
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Arvest banker gets lifetime Fed ban
Christopher Timos stole more than $42,000 from customers over the course of two years, Arvest found.
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KeyBank wants to boost commercial team hires by 10% this year
The Cleveland-based regional aims to have 170 to 180 commercial bankers by the end of 2025.
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Court overturns $218M patent-infringement verdict against PNC
The USAA patents the bank is accused of violating represent “abstract ideas” with no “inventive concept,” a circuit court judge ruled Thursday.
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Judge rejects CFPB’s bid to vacate Townstone settlement
If the redlining order against Townstone were to be dismissed, it “would erode public confidence in the finality of judgments,” a judge wrote, calling the CFPB’s reversal “an act of legal hara-kiri that would make a samurai blush.”
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U.S. Bank’s Kedia outlines strategy to rev up growth
The Minneapolis-based lender, facing pressure to deliver stronger results, is working to deepen relationships with customers and transform its payments business, the CEO said Wednesday.
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Private-equity firms offer olive branch in junior banker recruiting
Apollo and General Atlantic won’t interview or extend offers for roles starting in 2027 to bankers who start training next month. The practice has drawn flak from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
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JPMorgan seeks to dismiss part of $481M CRE lawsuit
Wells Fargo “seeks to hold JPMorgan liable” for a real estate company’s “criminal conduct, even though JPMorgan was the victim of that crime,” JPMorgan asserts in a motion.
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Judge dismisses case against First Republic execs, auditor
A lawsuit filed in June 2023 claimed that the failed bank’s executives and auditor made misleading statements about the lender’s financial conditions and assets.
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Regions plans to make the most of M&A ‘disruption’
“If somebody’s going to do a deal where we are, then we’re going to be all over customers and people and trying to grow our business,” Regions CFO David Turner said Tuesday.
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CFPB’s top enforcement official resigns
Cara Petersen, the bureau’s principal deputy enforcement director, bemoaned “thoughtless reductions in staff, inexplicable dismissals of cases, and terminations of negotiated settlements” in an email Tuesday.
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How 3 banks are capitalizing on AI
Lloyds, NatWest and Truist are building on in-house productivity gains to scale more ambitious use cases.