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M&A Update: Bristol County Savings buys Freedom Nat…
Plus: Provident Bank finalizes SB One acquisition, and Delmar Bancorp prepares for a …
What the Covid-19 Pandemic Means for Mortgage Defaults
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Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay for Mobile Accounts

Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay fo…

Washington’s Coastal Community Bank is to launch d...

ABA Urges Support for PPP Forgiveness Bill

ABA Urges Support for PPP Forgiveness Bill

Support comes as Republicans have proposed another...

The Numbers Behind the Collapse in M&A Deals in 2020

The Numbers Behind the Collapse in M&A Deals i…

Delayed and abandoned transactions punctuated a we...

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

US regulators have granted a full banking license ...

Five Star is Latest Bank Consolidating Branches as Visits Drops

Five Star is Latest Bank Consolidating Branches as…

The New York-based bank will close six branches an...

Senate Pushes for PPP Extension as Deadline Passes

Senate Pushes for PPP Extension as Deadline Passes

The US Senate has passed a bill extending the Payc...

Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay for Mobile Accounts

Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay fo…

Washington’s Coastal Community Bank is to launch d...

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

US regulators have granted a full banking license ...

Three-tiered Mantra for Intelligent Automation in Financial Institutions to Realise Digital Transformation Success

Three-tiered Mantra for Intelligent Automation in …

They’re enabling exciting new business initiatives...

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To Learn From An Obscure Immigrant Investor Program

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To L…

Some Americans might be appalled that wealthy fore...

New York Passes ‘Truth in Lending’ Act for Small Businesses

New York Passes ‘Truth in Lending’ Act for Small B…

The senate and assembly have passed a bill requiri...

How the Pandemic Could Damage European Banks compared with US Banks

How the Pandemic Could Damage European Banks compa…

EU and UK banks could be in a far worse position t...

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To Learn From An Obscure Immigrant Investor Program

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To L…

Some Americans might be appalled that wealthy fore...

How will the Pandemic Impact Credit Scores?

How will the Pandemic Impact Credit Scores?

How can lenders understand and control risk to the...

COVID-19 and Synthetic Identity Fraud: The Importance of Lenders Mitigating Risks

COVID-19 and Synthetic Identity Fraud: The Importa…

Fraudsters are taking advantage of this time to ta...

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M&A Update: Bristol County Savings buys Freedom National

M&A Update: Bristol County Savings buys Freedom National

Plus: Provident Bank finalizes SB One acquisition, and Delmar Bancorp prepares for a rebrand after merger

What the Covid-19 Pandemic Means for Mortgage Defaults

What the Covid-19 Pandemic Means for Mortgage Defaults

Default rates have yet to reflect the economic impact of the pandemic, according to Milliman – but may not be as bad as expected

Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay for Mobile Accounts

Coastal Community Bank Partners with Google Pay for Mobile Accounts

Washington’s Coastal Community Bank is to launch digital accounts next year with the help of Google Pay

Heritage Southeast Bank, Ponce Bank and Red River Bank In the News

Heritage Southeast Bank, Ponce Bank and Red River Bank In the News

Heritage Southeast Bank has bought assets and hired staff from financing firm Diversified Funding Services

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

Varo Money: The First National Fintech Bank?

US regulators have granted a full banking license to Varo Money, making it the first consumer-focused fintech company to become a national b...

ABA Urges Support for PPP Forgiveness Bill

ABA Urges Support for PPP Forgiveness Bill

Support comes as Republicans have proposed another $60 billion for the small business loan fund

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To Learn From An Obscure Immigrant Investor Program

Fund Data Operations and Banks Have Something To Learn From An Obscure Immigrant…

Some Americans might be appalled that wealthy foreigners are purchasing the opportunity to become permanent residents of the United States

Where Banks Are (and Aren’t) Hitting SRI Targets

Where Banks Are (and Aren’t) Hitting SRI Targets

An analysis of major European banks has found shortfalls on sustainability practices

The Numbers Behind the Collapse in M&A Deals in 2020

The Numbers Behind the Collapse in M&A Deals in 2020

Delayed and abandoned transactions punctuated a weak period for activity in the first half of the year, says PwC

Scale Up Credit Management Now, Banks Warned

Scale Up Credit Management Now, Banks Warned

With individuals and companies expected to find it increasingly difficult to manage debt, banks need to prepare now, says Accenture

How will the Pandemic Impact Credit Scores?

How will the Pandemic Impact Credit Scores?

How can lenders understand and control risk to their portfolios?

Three-tiered Mantra for Intelligent Automation in Financial Institutions to Realise Digital Transformation Success

Three-tiered Mantra for Intelligent Automation in Financial Institutions to Real…

They’re enabling exciting new business initiatives that will help them increase revenue, enhance customer service quality and streamline ser...

COVID-19 and Synthetic Identity Fraud: The Importance of Lenders Mitigating Risks

COVID-19 and Synthetic Identity Fraud: The Importance of Lenders Mitigating Risk…

Fraudsters are taking advantage of this time to target vulnerable populations and companies

OCC: Banks Can Handle Cryptocurrencies

OCC: Banks Can Handle Cryptocurrencies

National banks and federal savings associations can be crypto-custodians, says the OCC

New York Passes ‘Truth in Lending’ Act for Small Businesses

New York Passes ‘Truth in Lending’ Act for Small Businesses

The senate and assembly have passed a bill requiring improvements to loan cost transparency for online lenders

How Covid-19 is Reshaping Card Payment Habits

How Covid-19 is Reshaping Card Payment Habits

The pandemic has forced people to embrace contactless and card-based payments – and the trend will only accelerate, research shows

Harnessing Data to Power Good

Harnessing Data to Power Good

Banks and related financial institutions have a special role to play in today’s largely digitized world

Accenture Survey Highlights Productivity Increase in Financial Services Firms During COVID-19

Accenture Survey Highlights Productivity Increase in Financial Services Firms Du…

Increase in productivity from remote work, bank onboarding applications, insurance claims, trade processing and capital markets payment rela...

First Horizon Continues M&A with Truist Branch Purchases

First Horizon Continues M&A with Truist Branch Purchases

First Horizon has acquired 30 North Carolina branches from Truist, adding $2.3 billion in deposits

How the Pandemic Could Damage European Banks compared with US Banks

How the Pandemic Could Damage European Banks compared with US Banks

EU and UK banks could be in a far worse position than their US peers following the COVID-19 pandemic, research has shown

OCC Publishes ‘True Lender’ Rule Change Plan

OCC Publishes ‘True Lender’ Rule Change Plan

Planned new rule will address legal uncertainty regarding which entity owns a loan that it sold by a bank to a third party

Five Star is Latest Bank Consolidating Branches as Visits Drops

Five Star is Latest Bank Consolidating Branches as Visits Drops

The New York-based bank will close six branches and merge them into other existing premises after a multi-year fall in in-person visits

Mutual of Omaha Rebrands to Remove Native American Imagery

Mutual of Omaha Rebrands to Remove Native American Imagery

The $50 billion bank will also invest in training programs for staff and take proactive measures to improve recruitment and supplier diversi...

American Bankers Association Urges Banks to Adopt Face Mask Policies

American Bankers Association Urges Banks to Adopt Face Mask Policies

The association has written to its members to urge facial coverings for staff and customers as President Trump resists advice from medical e...

The Rise of Decentralized Finance and Why Banks Should Start Paying Attention

The Rise of Decentralized Finance and Why Banks Should Start Paying Attention

Decentralized finance (“DeFi") has grown from a blockchain-based FinTech sandbox into a complex array of platforms through which borrowers, ...

Bank Share Prices Suffer Despite Resilient Balance Sheets

Bank Share Prices Suffer Despite Resilient Balance Sheets

Investors have shied away from bank stocks despite multiple stress tests showing the sector to be performing well amid the pandemic

Cloud: A Business Strategy for the Future of Banking

Cloud: A Business Strategy for the Future of Banking

Cloud technology has the banking sector firmly in its sights, and the industry can no longer ignore the opportunity

How Wells Fargo is Repurposing PPP Fees in Support Fund

How Wells Fargo is Repurposing PPP Fees in Support Fund

The bank has put all the fees it generated from the PPP into the pandemic recovery fund

OCC: COVID-19 ‘Not an Excuse for Branch Closures’

OCC: COVID-19 ‘Not an Excuse for Branch Closures’

The new comptroller has warned banks not to use the coronavirus pandemic as a cover for cutting services

Banks Support Simpler PPP Forgiveness Process

Banks Support Simpler PPP Forgiveness Process

Companies that received PPP loans should be able to spend their time on rebuilding post-pandemic, not filling out complex forms, association...

Alipay and Visa: How the Two Titans Are Redefining Payments with APIs

Alipay and Visa: How the Two Titans Are Redefining Payments with APIs

Alipay is not the only company that is using APIs to transform payments, industry stalwart Visa is rapidly catching up with its own API...

Pandemic challenges bank stewardship

Pandemic challenges bank stewardship

Scenario impact analysis brings new utility but challenges existing stress test programs. Here are four keys to a modern scenario-based stre...

Why monetizing data is on the money for Powering Good

Why monetizing data is on the money for Powering Good

Any CIO urgently needs to think about adopting a mature strategy for monetizing data to secure business success

Paycheck Protection Program Extended; SBA Releases Borrower Data

Paycheck Protection Program Extended; SBA Releases Borrower Data

On July 4, President Trump signed S. 4116 extending the deadline for applying for a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) from Ju...

How the PPP May Change After Trump Signs Extension

How the PPP May Change After Trump Signs Extension

Senators are debating a further, more targeted version of the successful Paycheck Protection Program

Banks to Accelerate ‘Next Gen’ Technology Investments

Banks to Accelerate ‘Next Gen’ Technology Investments

Survey finds those that invested in digitization before the pandemic were likely “most resilient” during the crisis

NY Community Banks to Merge; First Horizon-IBERIABANK Deal Completes

NY Community Banks to Merge; First Horizon-IBERIABANK Deal Completes

Bridge Bancorp and Dime Community Bank plan to create an $11 billion banking group through a “merger of equals”

Bank OZK Exits Alabama Market Through Branch Sales

Bank OZK Exits Alabama Market Through Branch Sales

The $24.6 billion banking giant has agreed to sell two branches to M&M Bank and 22nd State Bank, while PA-based Community Bank is closin...

Banks Tap Debt, Equity Markets to Strengthen Balance Sheets

Banks Tap Debt, Equity Markets to Strengthen Balance Sheets

Small and medium-sized banks have raised tens of millions of dollars through debt issuance while interest rates are low

Three Texas Banks to Merge into $1.5B Group

Three Texas Banks to Merge into $1.5B Group

Parent companies of The Bank of Austin, Texas Hill Country Bank and The Bank of San Antonio to combine

Sterling Bank, SVB, Wells Fargo: The Biggest Banking Moves in June

Sterling Bank, SVB, Wells Fargo: The Biggest Banking Moves in June

Sterling Bank has appointed a turnaround specialist as CEO, Silicon Valley Bank has hired a chief information officer, and Wells Fargo has a...

Banks Must Rapidly Seize The New Digital Reality

Banks Must Rapidly Seize The New Digital Reality

“Digital sales have increased to 75% of total sales from 25% earlier in the year..."

Senate Pushes for PPP Extension as Deadline Passes

Senate Pushes for PPP Extension as Deadline Passes

The US Senate has passed a bill extending the Paycheck Protection Program until August 8

Maine Bank Strikes PPP Deal with SME Lender

Maine Bank Strikes PPP Deal with SME Lender

Northeast Bank will originate PPP loans until the June 30 deadline and sell them on to The Loan Source

How COVID-19 Forced Ally to Abandon CardWorks Deal

How COVID-19 Forced Ally to Abandon CardWorks Deal

The $2.65 billion deal would have been one of the largest transactions this year but will no longer go ahead

When Community Banks Should Go Public

When Community Banks Should Go Public

Covid-19 and the country’s economic response has provided smaller, relationship-driven banks the opportunity to showcase their strengths

Fed Governor Criticizes Bank Dividend Decision

Fed Governor Criticizes Bank Dividend Decision

Governor Lael Brainard says paying shareholders will deplete reserves at a time of severe uncertainty

How DCI is Building Services through Acquisition

How DCI is Building Services through Acquisition

Acquisitions Add Inbound Digital Marketing, New Customer Acquisition & Digital Onboarding to DCI Digital Banking Suite

Banks and the Digital Customers Post-COVID

Banks and the Digital Customers Post-COVID

Very few 2020 plans survived the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the banking industry

Why This Should Be Banks’ Summer of Sleepless Paranoia

Why This Should Be Banks’ Summer of Sleepless Paranoia

What have we ignored in the economy, culture and technology because addressing developments would be difficult or uncomfortable?

Asset Managers Hit Back at DoL Proposed SRI Rule

Asset Managers Hit Back at DoL Proposed SRI Rule

The department’s aim to restrict the ability to incor...

Managers Flock to Back International SRI Standards

Managers Flock to Back International SRI Standards

More US investment managers have signed up to the Pri...

SRI Goes into Orbit with Satellite Analysis

SRI Goes into Orbit with Satellite Analysis

Providers are becoming increasingly innovative with h...

Where Banks Are (and Aren’t) Hitting SRI Targets

Where Banks Are (and Aren’t) Hitting SRI Targets

An analysis of major European banks has found shortfa...

Investors Lobby Regulators for Climate Risk Rules

Investors Lobby Regulators for Climate Risk Rules

Asset managers, pension funds and former regulators t...

Lending Restrictions Create Mortgage Opportunity for Community Financial Institutions

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Lending Restrictions Create Mortgage Opportunity for Community Financial Institutions

Account Takeover Fraud: How to Protect Your Customers and Business

Account Takeover Fraud: How to Protect Your Customers and Business

Scenario Planning for the Agile Financial Institution

Understand and manage risks through scenario planning

Scenario Planning for the Agile Financial Institution

Adaptive Authentication: Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security

Adaptive Authentication: Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security

What to Expect at Your Next Regulatory IT Exam

What to Expect at Your Next Regulatory IT Exam

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