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    PNC boosts new-branch effort to 300 by 2030

    The Pittsburgh-based bank aims to hire 2,000 new employees and open 35 new locations in Nashville and 25 in Chicago.

    By • Nov. 7, 2025
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    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 • Nov. 7, 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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    BofA investor day spotlights co-presidents Athanasia, DeMare

    In response to an analyst’s skepticism, co-president Jim DeMare said he and Dean Athanasia were put in their positions to help drive “rigor” around bank units meeting growth goals.

    By • Nov. 6, 2025
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    BofA’s Moynihan pledges growth, ‘no excuses’

    At the bank’s investor day Wednesday – its first since 2011 – executives outlined investments in payments capabilities, credit card features and market expansion as levers to fuel consumer growth.

    By • Nov. 5, 2025
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    Dive Newsdesk: Truist enlists AI in prioritizing personalization

    An AI tool has delivered about 1 billion insights to mobile and online banking clients, said bank executive Sherry Graziano.

    By • Nov. 4, 2025
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    6 questions with Barclays’ US CMO

    Two decades into its U.S. presence, Barclays continues to invest in – and innovate – its partnership model, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer Lili Tomovich said.

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    Dive Newsdesk: U.S. Bank concentrates on unified experiences for SMBs

    As the lender boosts its digital capabilities, it’s turned to partnerships with fintechs Melio and Gusto for faster time to market, said Shruti Patel, chief product officer for business banking.

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    Fifth Third aims to ‘reset the narrative’

    “I think people see a financial institution and think that we're slow and that we don't have technology, or that we're last to market,” a Fifth Third executive said, as the bank prepares to roll out enhancements to its app.

    By • Oct. 30, 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 • Oct. 29, 2025
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    Revolut eyes bank charter to have ‘seat at the table,’ says US CEO

    “While the partnership model works well, you miss out on things,” Sid Jajodia said at the Money20/20 conference.

    By • Oct. 28, 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Oct. 24, 2025
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    Evolve Bank & Trust CEO faces child porn charges

    Now-terminated Bob Hartheimer became CEO in August with the intent of “restor[ing] trust” in Evolve, which since last spring has been caught up in a missing-funds saga tied to the Synapse collapse.

    By • Updated 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 • 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 • Oct. 22, 2025
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    U.S. Bank adds small business banking role

    Heather Kesner, who’s been at the Minneapolis-based lender for six years, oversees a team of 650 small banking specialists and a national sales team that works with clients remotely.

    By • 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 • 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 • 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 • Oct. 20, 2025
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    CFPB ends Citi consent order 3 years early

    The bank allegedly discriminated against Armenian-Americans in California, according to the 2023 consent order.

    By • 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 • Oct. 16, 2025