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Large credit unions deepen their stake in PPP lending

12/03/20

New analysis from S&P shows credit unions near $1 billion of assets and above continuing to dominate the industry's performance in the Paycheck Protection Program as some CUs dedicate a substantial portion of their portfolios to the effort.

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Largest state-chartered credit union in Mass. to grow via merger

12/03/20

Members of tiny Gloucester Municipal CU are set to vote early next year on whether to join Metro Credit Union.

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How banks use tech to monitor health of small-business clients

12/03/20

Webster Bank and Customers Bank are among the lenders that have turned to alternative data sources and automated loan reviews to assess business customers' ability to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

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Waller confirmed for Fed with Shelton’s nomination still in limbo

12/03/20

Senators voted 48-47 to put Christopher Waller on the Federal Reserve Board, concluding a confirmation process that had been dragged out for months because of controversy surrounding a separate nomination for Judy Shelton.

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Capital One loses its CFO, announces a new one

12/03/20

With R. Scott Blackley planning to leave for a role at a health-insurance startup, the credit card giant is promoting longtime executive Andrew Young.

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If HSBC’s selling its branches, who’s buying?

12/03/20

The U.K. banking giant is reportedly mulling an exit from retail banking in the United States. It could attract more interest if it tries to sell its network in pieces instead of looking for a single buyer, analysts say.

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Black Hills FCU names longtime exec as next CEO

12/03/20

Chief Operations Officer Jerry Schmidt will take over at the Rapid City, S.D.-based institution in early January.

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BancorpSouth to buy National United in Texas

12/03/20

The companies took a pause from merger discussions when the pandemic hit to evaluate their individual circumstances.

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Banks bashed on buffers; PPP data shows biggest companies got the biggest loans

12/03/20

Randal Quarles said banks should have used their extra capital cushions to help more during the pandemic; 1% of small business borrowers got 25% of the funds, SBA records reveal.

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Visa defends Plaid deal to DOJ, asserting data's vital new role in payments

12/03/20

Visa insists that the Department of Justice, in objecting to its proposed $5.3 billion purchase of Plaid, fundamentally misunderstands the changing role of data in the payments industry.

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