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    Pennsylvania banks to merge in $54.9M deal

    Wayne Bank, a subsidiary of Norwood Financial Corp., will expand its footprint into central and southeastern Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Presence Bank.

    By • July 10, 2025
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    Citi to open Charlotte office, add 510 jobs

    The lender will spend $16.1 million on the office, which is slated to open by early 2026, according to a bank memo.

    By • July 9, 2025
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    Top 5 stories from Banking Dive

    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.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Frost CFO: ‘We are that stable bank in Texas’

    The San Antonio lender has hung its hat on long-term organic growth. “We get to bring in customers that chose us, not that we bought,” said Dan Geddes, a 28-year Frost veteran. “We get to recruit the bankers that want to be with us.”

    By • July 9, 2025
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    Louisiana takes a turn as small-bank M&A epicenter

    In the first week of July, two Baton Rouge banks have made $83 million deals to acquire competitors.

    By • July 8, 2025
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    Citizens spies opportunity with Chase card move

    As premium credit card fees climb, “it does create a little more room for us to compete in between,” the regional bank’s head of lending said.

    By • July 8, 2025
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    Capital One shutters Discover home equity business

    A website notification says Discover Home Loans “is no longer accepting applications for new home equity or mortgage refinance loans, although we will continue to process applications that are in progress.”

    By • July 7, 2025
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    Goldman taps new global chairman of investment banking

    Raghav Maliah joined the firm in 2000 and currently holds two lead roles in the Asia Pacific region.

    By • July 2, 2025
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    Top US banks boost dividends

    JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley announced share repurchase programs. Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, will see current stress capital buffers lowered.

    By • July 2, 2025
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    Webster Bank taps former Ally CRO

    Jason Schugel, whose 15 years at Ally included six as chief risk officer, has been appointed CRO at Webster, effective July 14.

    By • July 1, 2025
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    Largest banks sail through Fed’s stress test

    All 22 banks that participated in the Federal Reserve’s stress test passed, although it was less stringent than past years. 

    By • June 30, 2025
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    Ex-TD employee pleads guilty to receiving bribes, forging bank documents

    Between 2022 and 2023, Jhonnatan Steven Rodriguez opened approximately 140 bank accounts for customers who had contacted him via text in exchange for small bribes between $200 and $250.

    By • June 30, 2025
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    FDIC: ‘Suspected fraud’ contributed to Texas bank failure

    The Santa Anna National Bank in Texas was closed by the OCC Friday. The failure could cost the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $23.7 million.

    By • June 30, 2025
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    Atlantic Union sells roughly $2B in CRE loans to Blackstone

    The Virginia-based lender closed the sale of the loan portfolio it acquired from its merger with Sandy Spring Bancorp. 

    By • June 27, 2025
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    Banking conferences yet to come in 2025

    Gatherings can be idea generators, or crucial chances to network — especially amid an environment where political change can yield previously unexpected possibilities and partnerships.

    By • June 27, 2025
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    Fifth Third names new legal chief, commercial banking head

    The Cincinnati-based lender named Christian Gonzalez as CLO and Vikas Khanna, a 10-year veteran of the bank, as its head of commercial banking. 

    By • June 26, 2025
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    Glacier Bank to broach Texas in $476.2M Guaranty deal

    The acquisition would add 33 locations, including in Dallas and Houston, to the Montana-based lender’s footprint, as well as $3.2 billion in assets.

    By • June 25, 2025
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    Santander to sell 7 Pennsylvania branches to NY bank

    Community Bank will acquire the Allentown-area branches and expand its footprint in the Greater Lehigh Valley. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. 

    By • June 25, 2025
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    Ohio’s First Financial to acquire Westfield Bancorp in $325M deal

    The transaction, set to close in the fourth quarter, would expand the Cincinnati’s bank’s presence in the opposite corner of the Buckeye State.

    By • June 24, 2025
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    OCC orders ‘troubled’ Carver Bank to switch up strategy

    The Black-owned bank must submit, by Sept. 30, a three-year plan including strategic goals, key financial indicators, risk tolerances and realistic strategies to improve its overall condition.

    By • June 20, 2025
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    PNC’s mobile branch manager braces for hurricane season

    “Our purpose is to make sure that we minimize any disruptions for the communities we serve, as quickly and as physically safely as we can do that,” Chris Hill said.

    By • June 18, 2025
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    JPMorgan names firm vet to lead international consumer bank

    Mark O’Donovan will replace Sanoke Viswanathan, who earlier this month said he would leave the bank to run financial software firm FactSet.

    By • June 16, 2025
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    U.S. Bank’s Kedia outlines strategy to rev up growth

    The Minneapolis-based lender, facing pressure to deliver stronger results, is working to deepen relationships with customers and transform its payments business, the CEO said Wednesday.

    By • June 12, 2025
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    Regions plans to make the most of M&A ‘disruption’

    “If somebody’s going to do a deal where we are, then we’re going to be all over customers and people and trying to grow our business,” Regions CFO David Turner said Tuesday.

    By • June 11, 2025
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    Truist looks to optimize digital onboarding

    With a sharper focus on customer experience, Truist is working to smooth out the onboarding process and increase personalization in its digital banking channels, an executive said.

    By • June 10, 2025
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    Needham to acquire BankProv for $212M

    The acquisition, expected to close in the fourth quarter, is set to expand Needham’s footprint into Massachusetts’ North Shore and New Hampshire, where it already has business customers.

    By • June 9, 2025