The Latest
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Goldman Sachs to buy ETF provider NEOS for up to $2.25B
Expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, the deal is the bank’s second multibillion-dollar ETF-related acquisition of the past nine months.
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Regions Bank names next chief administrative officer
Kate Danella, the bank’s head of consumer banking, will succeed Dave Keenan, who will retire at the end of the year, the Alabama-based lender said.
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eToro aims to boost US profile in $231M TradeZero deal
The Israeli platform wants to harness TradeZero’s “highly engaged” community to forge “a faster path to launching new products” stateside.
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Louisiana bank agrees to FDIC consent order over credit quality
Regulators restricted First Guaranty Bank’s ability to extend credit to borrowers whose transactions were labeled a “loss” in a September 2025 exam. The bank also must boost its Tier 1 leverage capital ratio.
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Illinois’ HBT to buy in-state Tri-County Financial for $204.6M
The deal, set to close in the first quarter of 2027, would boost HBT’s footprint to more than 100 branches and its assets past $8 billion.
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U.S. Bank flags potential blowback from debanking inquiries
At least three other lenders have warned investors of consequences over the past year, but unlike U.S. Bank, those institutions have either been sued or called out publicly by President Trump.
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Bunq rejected for OCC bank charter
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency argued the Dutch fintech’s U.S. operations would be inadequately capitalized, its management inexperienced and its road to profit “unrealistic.”
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Warren wants United Texas Bank’s charter revoked
The senator said the OCC and Federal Reserve should not have let the bank convert its charter from state to national oversight while under an active consent order.
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Solo develops reusable customer-vetting tool for banks, fintechs
The company demonstrated a data sharing model, in coordination with regulators, that could eliminate duplication in the know-your-customer process.
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Northwest Bank overhauls C-suite to drive transformation
Over the past three years, CEO Louis Torchio has hired executives with bigger-bank experience to lead Northwest’s commercial pivot and M&A ramp-up.
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Chime’s CFO is stepping down
The fintech’s president, Mark Troughton, will serve as interim finance chief while the company conducts an executive search. Chime also reported a 27% year-over-year increase in second-quarter revenue.
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Fed approves Santander-Webster deal
The $12.3 billion transaction – approved by the Fed 129 days after the application was filed – is expected to close Aug. 20, Santander said.
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Bank of America, USAA ink patent agreement
The deal allows each company to use the other’s full portfolio of patents. USAA for years has sued – or threatened court action against – banks it says infringe on its remote deposit capture patents.
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JPMorgan to deploy $750B for affordable housing by 2035
The bank will invest the capital through its American Dream Initiative, an economic mobility program launched this year that also aims to boost housing access.
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Augustus gets FDIC nod to launch bank
Among stipulations of the approval, the clearing bank must launch with $73,660,000 or more in capital funds and maintain a 10% or greater leverage ratio throughout its first three years.
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Stablecoin firm Dakota applies for OCC trust banking charter
“For you, that means fewer layers between your product and the financial services underneath it,” Dakota CEO Ryan Bozarth said in a blog post.
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Trump’s Capital One accounts closed after AML review, bank says
The bank has not accused the Trump Organization of money laundering. But Capital One said the transaction patterns it identified are “among the types of activity flagged by federal banking guidance.”
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Judge rejects DOJ’s attempt to drop Lakeland redlining order
A federal judge denied the government’s bid to terminate the bank’s consent order ahead of schedule, saying “a promise to reach substantial compliance in the future is not substantial compliance.”
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UBS to pay $125M in AML penalties
The brokerage arm of the Swiss bank didn’t fix flaws identified in 2018, resulting in some 60,000 foreign currency wires valued at about $10 billion going unmonitored, regulators said.
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Frost CEO warns of ‘race to the bottom’ on Texas loan structure
While $54 billion-asset Frost Bank seeks to remain competitive on price, the structure element of loans can be tough, because it’s “dangerous to do that poorly,” CEO Phil Green said.
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OCC, FDIC propose another CRA revamp
The regulators – absent the Federal Reserve – would limit grants banks give to “activist” community groups. Friday’s proposal would also reduce the number of banks that must collect CRA-related data.
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Citi hires away FinCEN chief for compliance role
Andrea Gacki, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network since 2023, will become global head of sanctions at the New York City-based lender.
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Chime to cut 10% of workforce
CEO Chris Britt cited AI innovations but also a switch to smaller teams, faster movement, higher productivity and in-office work.
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Fed bans ex-Regions, First Interstate bankers
An Idaho-based teller embezzled $8,000 from First Interstate’s cash recycler, the central bank said. A Florida-based Regions relationship banker allegedly withdrew roughly $203,000 from a customer account without consent.
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Founder of fintech Increase buys a bank in Washington state
Increase founder Darragh Buckley said the move was a long time coming, as he started the company six years ago with the goal of marrying a bank and technology company.