OCC cites 9 big banks’ ‘inappropriate’ debanking actions

The agency stopped short of detailing specific instances but pointed to policy statements from 2020 through 2022 in a preliminary report issued Wednesday.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 11, 2025

PNC’s Demchak bemoans M&A speculation

The PNC CEO said everyone’s a buyer, and price tags are too high on small-bank sellers. But at the same time, he blasted critics of his franchise’s FirstBank deal.

By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 11, 2025

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Goldman, Moody’s alum-led credit platform raises $6.1M

Available data to make credit decisions has grown tenfold in the last decade, one investor said, but most financial institutions’ systems haven’t evolved in that time. Fintech AIR aims to close that gap.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 10, 2025

Fifth Third, Brex ink corporate card partnership

Fifth Third’s corporate card program, previously operated in-house, will soon be powered entirely by fintech Brex.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 10, 2025

Fifth Third CEO downplays HoldCo lawsuit over Comerica deal

The lawsuit against Fifth Third and Comerica has “been filed for basically every major deal” done over the past several years, “and I expect that'll work its way out through the courts in due time,” Tim Spence said Wednesday.

By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 10, 2025

HSBC taps interim US CEO for permanent role

Jason Henderson took on interim duties after the bank’s previous U.S. CEO, Lisa McGeough, left HSBC to lead Deutsche Bank’s Americas region.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 9, 2025

KeyBank has ‘no interest’ in buying a bank, CEO says

Chris Gorman on Tuesday appeared to try to placate an activist investor by emphasizing the Cleveland-based lender is uninterested in bank M&A, although it is considering nonbank deals.

By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 9, 2025

Arkansas bank to broach Tennessee in $150.1M deal

Buying Knoxville-based Mountain Commerce Bank will give Home BancShares seven branches in coveted Tennessee markets and create a $25 billion-asset lender, the banks said.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 8, 2025

JPMorgan taps Geico CEO to lead new initiative

Todd Combs will lead JPMorgan Chase’s recently launched security and resiliency initiative, which will finance and invest in critical industries including aerospace and defense.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 8, 2025

Investor wants KeyBank CEO fired

HoldCo Asset Management – which demanded that Comerica sell itself, then sued the bank after it did – accused Key’s top executive of waffling on M&A and weakness on capital management.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 5, 2025

3 ex-Signature execs start blockchain bank

N3XT, which opened Thursday, marks Signature founder Scott Shay’s fourth foray into launching a bank.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 4, 2025

Lubbock bank to buy Houston lender for $106M

Acquiring the holding company for Bank of Houston would give $4.4 billion-asset South Plains Financial an additional $772 million in assets and bolster its footprint in the Houston area.

By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 3, 2025

HSBC names interim chair to role permanently

The move comes a day after CEO Georges Elhedery downplayed the likelihood that 76-year-old KPMG alum Brendan Nelson would serve long-term.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 3, 2025

Canada’s Laurentian Bank splits off its commercial, retail ops

National Bank of Canada will acquire the Montreal lender’s retail presence and Laurentian’s Québec branches will close. Fairstone Bank will buy Laurentian’s commercial lending for $1.4 billion.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 2, 2025

Associated Bank to buy Nebraska lender for $604M

The acquisition would give the Green Bay, Wisconsin-based bank entry into Omaha, along with the No. 2 deposit share in that market.

By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 1, 2025

Goldman to buy Innovator Capital Management for $2B

The deal positions Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a top ten active ETF provider globally, according to data from Morningstar Direct.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 1, 2025

Morgan Stanley to pay $117.4M to resolve Dutch tax case

An Amsterdam subsidiary of the bank bought Dutch-listed shares for short periods, illegally offset dividend withholdings and intentionally filed false tax returns, a public prosecutor’s office said.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 1, 2025

Fed approves Pinnacle, Synovus merger

The central bank’s sign-off, combined with shareholders’ approval this month, has the Southeastern banks projecting a Jan. 1 close for their merger of equals.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 26, 2025

Green Dot inks deals splitting bank, fintech business

The company, which had been exploring “strategic alternatives” since March, will sell its fintech business to a private equity firm and its bank to a $840 million-asset lender.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 26, 2025

VALT Bank applies for de novo charter

Former U.S. Bank executive Matt Gediman said the de novo’s model is “designed to support [SMBs] by making banking uncomplicated, accessible, and integrated with digital tools to run their businesses more efficiently.”

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 24, 2025

U.S. Bank hires up for greater Southeast growth

The Minneapolis-based super-regional is adding bankers in some areas where it doesn’t have branches and eyeing further growth in SBA lending, an executive said.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 24, 2025

Investor blasts Comerica over Fifth Third deal

Dismissing proposals from another bidder – reported to be Regions – “suggests a process engineered to favor Fifth Third rather than one designed to maximize shareholder value,” HoldCo Asset Management asserted Monday.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 18, 2025

Putin approves Citi’s Russia sale

The sale to Renaissance Capital is one piece of a 14-piece puzzle. Citi announced plans to offload its Russian consumer arm and 12 others in 2021, and added Mexico to the list in 2022.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 13, 2025

M&T eschews the temptation of national presence

The Buffalo, New York-based lender remains focused on dominance in its current markets, said CEO René Jones, expressing some doubt that banks can perform at optimal levels as they expand.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 7, 2025

Amerant Bank CEO steps down

On an earlier earnings call, now-former CEO Jerry Plush noted nonperforming assets rose to $140 million, from $98 million the previous quarter.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 7, 2025