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STCU eyes further expansion with merger

01/28/21

A deal to bring Coulee Dam FCU into the fold will expand the Spokane, Wash.-based credit union's branch network while providing a wider array of technologies to the former CDFCU members.

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Texas banker to retire as CEO of Heartland's biggest bank

01/28/21

Barry Orr, who formed FirstBank & Trust of Texas in the 1990s, continued to run the bank after selling it to Heartland Financial USA in 2018.

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M&T teams with fintech to help small businesses manage cash flow

01/28/21

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank and Railz will counsel clients that have uneven revenue streams and are unable to predict when they'll land new business.

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HUD nominee pledges to promote affordable housing, work with Congress

01/28/21

Marcia Fudge told senators that her first priority as secretary would be to assist renters and homeowners struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arizona group files to open Gainey Business Bank

01/28/21

Organizers have been working raising capital and preparing an application for about four years.

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John Grundhofer, former U.S. Bank CEO, dies at 82

01/28/21

The industry legend turned around a struggling Minneapolis company and even escaped a kidnapping to build the firm that is now the nation’s fifth-largest bank.

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Original CEO of Frankenmuth Credit Union dead at 76

01/28/21

Kathleen Bierlein Yancer served the Michigan-based institution for more than 30 years before retiring in 2003.

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OCC halts publication of 'fair access' rule

01/28/21

The rule, finalized in the waning days of the Trump administration and scheduled to take effect in April, would have punished banks for denying services to certain firms without documented reasons for doing so.

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Now more than ever, NCUA needs a reset

01/28/21

The regulator must rediscover bipartisanship and collaboration while ensuring new regulations don't overstep the Federal Credit Union Act.

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JPMorgan to launch digital bank in U.K.; Fed downplays climate tests

01/28/21

The bank’s plans are more ambitious than Goldman’s Marcus bank, which only offers savings accounts; top officials say the Fed won’t pressure banks to avoid lending to certain industries.

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