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CAB Financial in S.C. promotes insider as next CEO

12/12/17

John Kimberly, who was CEO of a bank that CAB bought in 2014, is set to take the helm on Jan. 1.

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Trico to enter San Francisco with FNB acquisition

12/12/17

The California company is set to pick up a dozen branches after it buys FNB for $315 million.

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First Mid-Illinois to buy First BancTrust

12/12/17

The $74 million acquisition will allow First Mid-Illinois to expands it operatations in the Champaign-Urbana region in Illinois.

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Doing customers wrong allows your competitor to make things right

12/12/17

In a relationship-based business, it’s not enough to sell your customers a sharp tool to pay for things. You also have to help them avoid cutting themselves with it.

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Wintrust in Ill. to buy consumer direct mortgage lender

12/12/17

The company has agreed to buy the operations of Veterans Mortgage in Salt Lake City.

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Bitcoin bulls beat bears; SEC chief warns on cybercurrency risk

12/12/17

Price of digital currency jumps 24% in first day of futures trading; Jay Clayton tells buyers to beware, then halts an initial coin offering.

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Seal of approval: Trump approves new logo for NCUA

12/12/17

The last time the agency refreshed its logo was in 1971 under President Richard Nixon.

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10 financial services players to watch in 2018

12/12/17

Some are in new roles or replacing legends, others are embracing new strategies or eyeing big deals and at least one is currently out of banking — but could soon resurface. Here are the industry executives to keep an eye on in 2018.

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Banks, fintechs and a Brit royal to build green-lending blockchain

12/11/17

Can preferential loan terms encourage environmentally friendly practices among corporate borrowers? Barclays, BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered are working with fintechs — and even Prince Charles — to develop a blockchain to answer that question.

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Democrats file new court brief opposing CFPB's Mulvaney

12/11/17

Over 30 current and former Democratic lawmakers filed a new amicus brief Monday supporting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Leandra English to be reinstated as acting director of the agency.

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