Partners Bank finds a new buyer in LinkBank

The transaction, expected to close in the third quarter, positions LinkBank to extend into Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia, and gives Partners a boost after a tie-up with OceanFirst fell apart.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 27, 2023

Regulators sign off on TD deal. No, the other one.

While much of the attention surrounding TD's U.S. expansion has centered on the First Horizon transaction, its $1.3 billion tie-up with the brokerage Cowen has plugged along on schedule.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 27, 2023

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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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At Goldman, Fridays are for radical honesty

Looking ahead to its investor day Tuesday, the bank detailed a shortfall in set-asides and an expansion into a probe of credit-card practices.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 24, 2023

US Virgin Islands, Epstein plaintiff seek more documents from JPMorgan

Plaintiffs allege CEO Jamie Dimon was involved in the bank’s decision to maintain a relationship with the financier, who died awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Feb. 24, 2023

Wells Fargo cuts 500 more jobs in home lending

Cuts include a few top producers who attended a company-sponsored sales conference this month, as well as bankers who operated in areas outside of the bank’s branch footprint, according to CNBC.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 23, 2023

Cannabis banking fintech Dama Financial taps new CEO

Patrick O'Boyle will be responsible for overseeing Dama Financial's strategic direction, growth initiatives and the launch of new products, the firm said.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 22, 2023

Citi boosts Fraser’s pay 8.9% to $24.5M

Fraser stands as the only CEO at a top-six U.S. bank to see a hike in compensation for 2022. She is tied with Wells Fargo’s Charlie Scharf for the lowest-paid among them.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 22, 2023

PacWest to trim 200 mortgage jobs at Civic Financial

The bank expects to save between $30 million and $40 million with its layoffs, which will start next week and are on-trend for the sector amid rising mortgage rates.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Feb. 22, 2023

Is HSBC’s earnings report meant for an audience of one?

Its CEO cites a re-globalization that de-emphasizes Asia but still floats areas of growth on the continent and dangles an extra dividend perhaps aimed at quelling a breakup push from investor Ping An.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 21, 2023

Huntington CEO details reorganization plan

The bank is consolidating three business arms to help it derive more revenue from wealth management, which CEO Steve Steinour calls a “big growth area.”

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 17, 2023

Bank of America plans 200 investment-banking job cuts: report

A bank spokesperson last month said the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender was not expecting "widespread" cuts.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 16, 2023

TD lays out 5-year, $50B community benefits plan tied to merger

The bank pledged to open at least 25 new branches and 25 ATMs in low- to moderate-income or majority-nonwhite markets, and to boost residential mortgage loans by 65% for LMI and nonwhite borrowers.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 16, 2023

Truist to sell 20% of insurance brokerage unit for $1.95B

The deal paves the way for future growth and enhances the competitiveness of the bank’s insurance business amid a rapidly consolidating industry, CEO Bill Rogers said.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 16, 2023

FTX-exposed Signature Bank’s CEO moves to advisory role

The bank's COO will first take the role of president March 1, and eventually relieve Joseph DePaolo of his CEO title.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Feb. 16, 2023

Latino-first neobank Comun raises $4.5M in seed funding

The challenger bank offers traditional financial services, including access to a checking account connected to a physical and virtual debit card, direct deposits for payroll and 24/7 support.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 15, 2023

United Community Banks to acquire Miami lender for roughly $116M

First National Bank of South Miami would be the South Carolina bank network's second acquisition of 2023. United Community's purchase of Huntsville, Alabama-based Progress Financial closed in January.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Feb. 15, 2023

Delays in merger review should not become the norm: Fed’s Bowman

The 11 merger applications that received adverse public comments in the first half of 2022 were approved in 197 days, on average, compared with 65 days for those with no public comments, Bowman said.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 14, 2023

TD launches credit program for Black entrepreneurs

The Canadian bank’s latest effort to expand credit access to an underserved group will likely be touted to regulators and community groups as it looks to gain support ahead of its planned acquisition of First Horizon.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 14, 2023

Key merger metric doesn’t account for online banking, nonbanks: OCC

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, which measures a bank’s market presence based on deposit share, is becoming a less effective predictor of competition across product lines, the agency’s chief counsel said.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 13, 2023

Goldman’s Solomon says he should have started cuts earlier

The admission came at a meeting of the bank's partners last week, where an undercurrent of concern has reportedly led some to consider taking their complaints straight to the board.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 13, 2023

TD, First Horizon delay merger completion timeline to May

The banks “are fully committed to the merger and continue to make significant progress,” they said, citing ongoing work toward a community benefits plan.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 10, 2023

Fed unveils 2023 stress test scenarios

The severely adverse scenario boosts the unemployment rate to 10% by the third quarter of 2024, alongside a 38% and 40% plunge in house and commercial real estate prices, respectively.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 10, 2023

Goldman’s consumer-business chief is leaving

The bank hired Peeyush Nahar from Uber in 2021 to lead Marcus after two of the consumer bank's top executives left Goldman for Walmart's fintech startup.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 10, 2023

JPMorgan trims mortgage unit, bets on small-business boom

The bank plans to hire more than 500 small-business bankers over the next two years, bolstering that unit’s headcount by 20%.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 9, 2023

Quontic, NYDIG vet aims to bridge ‘translation layer’ between banks, fintechs

Patrick Sells, a former chief innovation officer, wants to speed up the time it takes for banks to find a fintech whose services match their needs.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 8, 2023