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    Texas, Wisconsin banks agree to buy in-state peers

    Prosperity Bancshares in Texas agreed to buy American Bank in a $321.5 million deal, while Bank First Corp. inked a $174.3 million deal with Centre 1 Bancorp. 

    By • July 18, 2025
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    Western Alliance names JPMorgan vet its next CFO

    Vishal Idnani will take the CFO reins in January. Dale Gibbons, who’s been the bank’s finance chief for two decades, will become chief banking officer for deposit initiatives and innovation at the lender.

    By • July 18, 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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    State Street CTO moves to CIO role

    Andrew Zitney shifted into the role this week, filling a vacancy that opened when Brian Franz took a tech leadership position with Estée Lauder in April.

    By Matt Ashare • July 18, 2025
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    Western Alliance to bring most divisions under one brand

    All six of the bank’s other brands will be scrapped in favor of a unified Western Alliance moniker by the end of the year.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Big bank CEOs talk stablecoin plans

    The prospect of a more favorable regulatory environment for digital assets has large lenders exploring or plotting stablecoin plans, JPMorgan, BofA, Citi and U.S. Bank executives indicated this week.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Wells Fargo workers allege union-busting again

    Employees rallied in Charlotte on Tuesday to call attention to allegations that a senior HR exec at the bank is coercing workers to decertify their union.

    By • July 15, 2025
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    JPMorgan’s Dimon: Fed independence ‘absolutely critical’

    The CEO of the biggest U.S. bank warned Tuesday that “playing around with the Fed can often have adverse consequences.”

    By • July 15, 2025
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    SC’s First Community broaches Atlanta area in $41.6M deal

    Buying Signature Bank of Georgia would boost First Community’s Small Business Administration lending and create a bank with 23 locations and roughly $2.3 billion in assets, the companies said.

    By • July 15, 2025
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    Huntington to buy Texas bank for $1.9B

    The Columbus, Ohio-based regional lender will dive deeper into the Lone Star State with the acquisition of Veritex Community Bank’s holding company.

    By • July 14, 2025
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    How Bank of America keeps tabs on what customers want

    This year, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender has added capabilities related to fraud claims and card arrivals, in response to customer feedback or inquiries, an executive said.

    By • July 14, 2025
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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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    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