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Iberiabank to buy Sabadell United in Miami

02/28/17

The $1 billion deal, the second-largest bank acquisition announced this year, will expand Iberiabank's operations in South Florida.

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Rivals could capitalize on woes at two California banks

02/28/17

Customers and employees of Opus Bank and Banc of California could bolt to several other Southern California banks amid downsizing, scandal and credit quality issues.

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Index of Banking Activity: January IBA at 54.3

02/28/17

Pricing power on new lending business offset by seasonal slowdown in consumer loan activity. One outlier: the West saw improvement across several indicators.

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Dimon on M&A: ‘There are still too many banks’

02/28/17

Regulators ought to make it easier for smaller institutions to merge, the CEO of the country's largest said Tuesday.

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Made in the USAA: Bank to license its own tech

02/28/17

USAA has granted development rights to some of its patented security technologies to Persistent Systems to create authentication and security-related products.

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Wells Fargo's 10-year goal: $60B in loans to black homeowners

02/28/17

The bank says it will push the rest of the industry to follow its lead and step up lobbying for policies that increase minority homeownership.

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Bank blockchain choices may come down to IBM vs. Microsoft

02/28/17

IBM's work with Northern Trust and Hyperledger and Microsoft's alliance with JPMorgan and others show the different approaches the tech giants are taking with the technology.

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Amazon Web Services says it's working to repair disruption

02/28/17

Amazon.com's cloud-computing service was beset by "high error rates" on parts of its S3 data-storage system, disrupting many internet sites and mobile applications that rely on the company for their online presences.

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Warren Buffett sharpens criticism of ex-Wells CEO Stumpf

02/28/17

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Wells Fargo made "a huge mistake" in the way it handled the phony-accounts scandal, and he laid the blame more forcefully than ever on former Wells CEO John Stumpf.

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Lawmakers agree reg relief needed, but path forward unclear

02/28/17

Lawmakers voiced bipartisan support for regulatory relief during the Credit Union National Association government affairs conference on Tuesday, arguing that small financial institutions have had to bear the brunt of too many regulations.

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