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Southern National in Virginia to rebrand as Primis Financial

01/29/21

The new name is the first major change since Dennis Zember became the company's CEO last year.

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Amex tells employees they can work from home through Labor Day

01/29/21

Allowing employees to work from home until the holiday will give Amex the chance to monitor the speed with which vaccines are distributed, CEO Stephen Squeri said in a memo to workers.

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Ameris sells block of underperforming hotel loans

01/29/21

The Atlanta company joins a small list of banks that have sold loans to companies struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.

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ECB warns banks on complacency; Commerzbank wields the ax

01/29/21

The chief bank supervisor says eurozone banks aren’t taking loan losses seriously enough; the German bank is planning to cut payroll by a third and close nearly half of its branches.

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Biden administration likely to cut FHA premiums despite credit risks

01/28/21

Though the pandemic recession has driven up the delinquency rate on Federal Housing Administration loans, the president's appointees are widely expected to reduce mortgage insurance premiums by at least 25 basis points to make home loans less expensive.

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Pandemic slows pace of branch expansion at Navy Federal

01/28/21

The credit union expects to open at least eight branches across the country in the months ahead, about half of what it normally adds to its brick-and-mortar network in an average year.

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Fintechs try to take the pain out of PPP applications

01/28/21

The application process was a mess in the first rounds of the Paycheck Protection Program. Fintechs say their efforts will make it go smoothly in the latest iteration.

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Roberto Herencia to become CEO of Byline Bancorp in Chicago

01/28/21

The banker, who led the 2013 recapitalization that created Byline, will replace a longtime colleague who will continue to run the company's bank.

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New CFPB boss vows to get tough on military lending, pandemic relief laws

01/28/21

Dave Uejio, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, promised to protect veterans from predatory loans and to crack down on companies that improperly garnish stimulus checks or mistreat struggling borrowers.

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Behind the deal to form the biggest Black-run bank

01/28/21

Broadway Financial had hit a plateau and was in search of a successor to its longtime CEO Wayne-Kent Bradshaw. After the Los Angeles company rejected two buyout offers, Bradshaw reconnected with an old friend at CFBanc in Washington.

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