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    Capital One to acquire Discover in $35.3B deal

    The transaction would give a big boost to a bank well-known for its credit card component, yet lend regulatory gravitas and investment dollars to a struggling card network.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    Fed unveils 2024 stress test scenarios

    The results of the stress test, which will include 32 banks instead of 23 compared to last year, are expected to be out in June, the Federal Reserve said. 

    By Ken McCarthy • Feb. 16, 2024
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    Artificial intelligence

    Banks must decide whether to forge AI tools in-house or partner with outside firms. AI’s importance can’t be understated, but legacy tech may also constrain the budget for banks looking to innovate.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Wells Fargo fake-accounts consent order lifted by OCC

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank’s “safety and soundness” and its compliance with regulations have prompted the agency to terminate the 2016 consent order.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 16, 2024
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    HTLF sheds its Montana footprint

    The Denver-based institution sold six of its branches in Big Sky Country to Kalispell-based Glacier Bank and three others to Miles City-based Stockman Bank.

    By Ken McCarthy • Feb. 15, 2024
  • RBC’s City National cuts about 100 employees

    The job reductions come in addition to a 5% headcount trim the Los Angeles-based bank’s parent company put in place during the quarter that ended Oct. 31.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    Morgan Stanley to cut several hundred wealth management jobs: reports

    Affected employees — mostly non-customer-facing employees and a number of roles made redundant by the E*Trade deal — could be notified this week, sources told The Wall Street Journal.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    PNC wants to open 100 new branches by 2028

    The bank pledged to invest roughly $1 billion to open locations in cities such as Dallas, Denver and Houston, and to renovate existing branches.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 14, 2024
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    Citizens taps JPMorgan vets to lead private bank

    The Rhode Island-based lender opened its first private banking office in Boston and said it plans to open offices in Palm Beach, Florida, and Mill Valley, California, this year.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 9, 2024
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    Fed ends enforcement action against Farmington State Bank

    The small Washington state-based bank was heavily tied to FTX before the crypto exchange's implosion.

    By Feb. 7, 2024
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    JPMorgan wants to open 500 branches in next 3 years

    The bank is looking to expand in areas such as Boston, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. — but aims to close another 30 First Republic locations.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 6, 2024
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    Truist sells asset-management arm in $70M deal

    Toronto-based Guardian Capital has agreed to buy Sterling Capital Management, which has roughly $76 billion in assets under management and advisement.

    By Feb. 5, 2024
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    Dive Deposits: Inside the ‘takeover attempt’ at a long-standing Black bank

    An investment fund has sought since August to take control of Carver Federal Savings Bank. The bank finally fought back using its aggressor’s favorite weapon.

    By Feb. 2, 2024
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    Deutsche Bank to cut 3,500 jobs by 2025

    The bank also announced it would return €1.6 billion to investors in the first half of 2024. That includes a €675 million share buyback.

    By Feb. 1, 2024
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    Could the factors that took down SVB combine for a rerun in 2024?

    NYCB's surprise Q4 loss may stand as a warning — or an outlier — as regional banks fight for deposits, weather real estate woes and wait for interest rates to drop.

    By Jan. 31, 2024
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    California banks merge in $233.6M deal

    The tie-up between Southern California Bancorp and California BanCorp, set to close in the third quarter, will create a $4.6 billion-asset company in some of the state’s strongest areas for mid-market business banking.

    By Ken McCarthy • Jan. 30, 2024
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    ‘Troubled’ Blue Ridge Bank enters consent order with OCC

    The OCC alleged that Blue Ridge’s BSA/AML program experienced “systemic internal controls breakdowns,” among other issues, in its second regulatory action against the bank in 18 months.

    By Jan. 29, 2024
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    Goldman’s global banking and markets co-chief to leave bank

    Jim Esposito — a 28-year veteran who had sought to become the bank's CEO or president, The Wall Street Journal noted — co-led a unit that brought in two-thirds of Goldman's revenue last year.

    By Jan. 29, 2024
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    JPMorgan Chase shuffles C-suite execs

    The nation's largest bank is giving a handful of top executives “broader experience” by reassigning them to roles in new businesses ahead of CEO Jamie Dimon’s eventual retirement, an analyst said.

    By Jan. 26, 2024
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    Novo rolls out an embedded payroll tool for small businesses

    Powered by Check, the new tool, Novo Payroll, aims to help small businesses manage their finances from a single platform.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Jan. 24, 2024
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    Comerica lays off 250, closes 26 branches

    Dubbing the cuts “expense re-calibration efforts,” CFO Jim Herzog said the bank is now better positioned to enhance its funding base, revenue mix, capital efficiency and risk management framework.

    By Jan. 24, 2024
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    NBT CEO John Watt to step down in May

    Scott Kingsley, the Norwich, New York-based bank's CFO, will assume the top role upon Watt’s retirement.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Jan. 23, 2024
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    Fifth Third aims to open 31 branches this year in a bet on Southeast

    The bank wants to establish about a 50/50 balance between Southeast and Midwest markets, CEO Tim Spence said. Fifth Third plans to boost its Southeast headcount in commercial banking by up to 15%, Bloomberg reported.

    By Jan. 22, 2024
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    JPMorgan’s Dimon, after 4% raise, got $36M in 2023

    A breakdown of the CEO’s salary shows $1.5 million in base salary and $34.5 million in performance-based variable incentive compensation — $5 million of which will be in cash and the rest in stock.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Jan. 19, 2024
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    First Republic ‘fraudulently’ recruited brokers before collapse, plaintiffs say

    Alexander Kadish and Nicholas Davey had profitable careers at Morgan Stanley before First Republic execs lured them to work for the bank with omissions and false representations, they allege.

    By Jan. 19, 2024
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    Citizens trimmed 650 jobs in Q4

    Among bright spots in the quarter, the lender launched its private bank, which it expects to break even in the second half of this year.

    By Jan. 18, 2024