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EagleBank CEO to retire next year
The Maryland bank, which has been looking to extricate itself from “asset quality challenges,” paid $22.9 million to settle a probe into allegations of insider lending by its previous chief executive.
By Dan Ennis • Nov. 4, 2025 -
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Citi hones tailored experience for services clients
Delivering consumer-like capabilities for large companies requires “a mindset of design thinking first,” said Naveed Anwar, global head of platform and data services for Citi’s services unit.
By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 4, 2025 -
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Since the approval of Capital One’s acquisition of Discover, banks have increasingly waded into new deals. Beyond that, they’ve doubled down on strategy, from organic growth to branch placement to app design.
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7 hot takes: Goldman’s David Solomon talks AI, RTO and more
On AI, the CEO highlighted the nature of work rather than headcount, saying it “doesn't mean we will have less people. It means we have an opportunity to have more valuable people doing more valuable things.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 31, 2025 -
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Ohio bank broaches Tennessee with $317.3M acquisition
Park National Corp.’s proposed purchase of Dyersburg, Tennessee-based First Citizens Bancshares would bridge the Ohio lender’s Midwest and Southeast territories and push the bank beyond $10 billion.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 29, 2025 -
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Citi, Coinbase ink stablecoin partnership
The bank’s head of payments and services called the collaboration “a natural extension of [Citi’s] ‘network of networks’ approach.”
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 29, 2025 -
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FirstSun to acquire First Foundation in $785M deal
The transaction, set to close in the second quarter, would roughly double FirstSun’s assets and add 18 Southern California branches to its footprint.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 28, 2025 -
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U.S. Bank’s Kedia: Banks should ‘lean into’ change
“It's times of disruption and discontinuity where winners and losers are created,” the CEO said at Money20/20. “If you're front-footed, you can come out on the other side with just distance between you and your competitors.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 28, 2025 -
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Community banks have ‘no choice’ but to be in stablecoin business, lawmaker says
Bank-fintech partnerships are essential to enabling community banks to serve stablecoin interest, Rep. Mike Flood, R-NE, said Sunday at the Money20/20 conference.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 28, 2025 -
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Huntington to buy Cadence Bank for $7.4B
The deal, Huntington’s second in Texas this year, comes just weeks after fellow Ohio regional Fifth Third announced it would acquire Dallas-based Comerica.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 27, 2025 -
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Third Coast’s $123M deal extends Texas M&A hot streak
The Houston lender said it would acquire Keystone Bank to bolster its presence in Austin. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 24, 2025 -
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Nicolet Bank makes $864M deal for Iowa, Twin Cities foothold
The Green Bay, Wisconsin-based lender said it would buy MidWestOne to create a $15 billion-asset bank, roughly doubling its branch count, including 15 locations in the Minneapolis area.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 24, 2025 -
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JPMorgan snags BofA vet as investment banking chair
Kevin Brunner, who’s been at Bank of America for 25 years, will join JPMorgan Chase as global chair of investment banking and M&A next year.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 24, 2025 -
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Ohio banks to merge in $299M deal
Canfield, Ohio-based Farmers National Bank’s acquisition of in-state peer Middlefield will add about $2 billion in assets and give Farmers a presence in the Columbus area.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 23, 2025 -
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5 hot topics BofA CEO Brian Moynihan is watching
The Bank of America chief, speaking Tuesday at the American Bankers Association’s annual convention, talked stablecoins, cybersecurity and the importance of new regulations that “can’t be taken apart easily.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 22, 2025 -
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Illinois’ HBT makes a $170.2M deal to stretch footprint to St. Louis
Purchasing Carlinville, Illinois-based CNB Bank Shares would add $1.8 billion in assets, $1.5 billion in deposits and $1.3 billion in loans to HBT’s balance sheet, along with 18 locations.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 21, 2025 -
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Texas deal would create $3.1B bank
The deal puts Cornerstone within Texas’ top 20 by deposit market share among the state’s sub-$10 billion-asset banks and is one of several deals focused on the Lone Star State this year.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 20, 2025 -
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OCC’s Gould details regulatory ‘reset’
At the ABA’s annual convention Monday, the comptroller, more than once, referred to the OCC’s actions during his tenure as “down payments,” and promised more community bank “relief” to come.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 20, 2025 -
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Fifth Third, Truist flag nonbank lending
As Zions, Western Alliance and other banks revealed exposures to nonbank lenders, one analyst noted that concern around that sector is the “topic du jour.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 17, 2025 -
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First Citizens to acquire 138 BMO branches
Buying the branches, which span 11 states, furthers First Citizens’ effort to expand nationally, bank executives said. One analyst, though, said it gives the North Carolina-based lender “a weird map.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 16, 2025 -
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Tech-focused Erebor Bank gets conditional OCC approval
The bank, backed by billionaire investor Peter Thiel and founded by two tech pioneers, will serve companies focused on crypto, AI, defense and manufacturing.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 15, 2025 -
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First Horizon keeps options open amid M&A uptick
The Memphis, Tennessee-based bank’s CEO is “increasingly confident in our ability to integrate a well-structured merger,” but also indicated the lender is focused on “optionality,” he said Wednesday.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 15, 2025 -
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Robinhood CEO to community bankers: Don’t be too worried about AI
The chief executive of the day-trading fintech told a group of community bank CEOs last week that small, local lenders have a leg up when it comes to customer relationships.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 15, 2025 -
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JPMorgan takes $170M charge-off on Tricolor ties
The bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon called the misstep, in connection to the bankrupt subprime auto lender, “not our finest moment.” He also warned that “when you see one cockroach, there are probably more.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 14, 2025 -
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Bessent urges community bank CEOs to ‘go on the offense’
Community lenders that make it through the next decade will have embraced technology and attracted younger customers, the Treasury secretary said at a Fed conference Thursday.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 9, 2025 -
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Fifth Third-Comerica bolsters Texas deal activity
Analysts look to pinpoint the next bank takeover target – citing First Horizon, Webster and Cadence – as the banking sector comes off its hottest M&A quarter in four years.
By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 8, 2025
