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    Comerica filing details back-and-forth with Fifth Third, ‘Institution A’

    The bank provided more information Thursday as its deal with Fifth Third has drawn litigation alleging a lack of transparency.

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
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    California’s Community West to acquire United Security in $191.9M deal

    The two Fresno-based banks will combine to create a “more robust and more visible” $5 billion-asset lender, Community West’s CEO said. The transaction is set to close in the second quarter of 2026.

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
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    Artificial intelligence

    The heavily regulated banking sector rarely gets to trailblaze. But with AI, an all-in mentality is fueling both research and adoption.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    ServisFirst aims to put down Texas roots

    The Alabama-based commercial bank named a Texas regional CEO and said it would open a Houston office, in the latest move by a lender to expand in the coveted Lone Star State.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
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    Fed terminates Goldman, Metropolitan consent orders

    The cease-and-desists date back to 2020 and 2023, tied to the 1MDB scandal and prepaid cards, respectively.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
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    RBC’s City National makes Carolinas push

    The Los Angeles-based bank opened offices in Charlotte and Greenville to house roughly 120 area employees amid a regional growth spurt that has swept up U.S. Bank, PNC, Huntington, Citi and more.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Huntington waves off expanding beyond Cadence footprint

    “We’re not going to be trying to go national, or West Coast, or Northeast, or other stuff,” CEO Steve Steinour said last week at an investor conference.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Investor HoldCo urges Comerica shareholders to reject Fifth Third deal

    Fifth Third is “obligated to try to re-cut” the deal, HoldCo said, adding the bank likely didn’t expect Comerica to accept “the low end of its first offer.”

    By • Dec. 15, 2025
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    The evolving landscape of consumer finance: key insights from leading lenders

    We interviewed leading consumer finance lenders about the biggest industry trends and challenges.

    Dec. 15, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 11, 2025
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    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 • 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 • Dec. 10, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 10, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 10, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 9, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 9, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 8, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 8, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 5, 2025
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    3 ex-Signature execs start blockchain bank

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

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 3, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 3, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 2, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 1, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 1, 2025
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    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 • Dec. 1, 2025