Bankruptcy Blogs

Fifth Third's Feiger stepping down as Chicago market chairman

03/05/20

One year after he led the sale of MB Financial to Fifth Third, Mitch Feiger will hand off his duties to his longtime lieutenant, Mark Hoppe, and join Fifth Third's board.

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How regulators maneuvered to oust Tim Sloan at Wells Fargo

03/05/20

The bank said it was Sloan's decision to retire, but a new report from House Democrats reveals that Fed and OCC officials made moves behind the scenes in 2018 and 2019 to pressure the bank's board to remove him.

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FDIC will offer 1,200 voluntary buyouts to prepare for retirement surge

03/05/20

The agency says it is not cutting its workforce but that the new strategy is necessary because it has an unusually high number of workers near retirement age.

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Colorado bank joins growing list of cloud-based-core converts

03/05/20

FirstBank, the initial customer of the startup Finxact, sought a modern core system that jibes with fast payments and other new technologies.

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Agencies cancel community reinvestment conference due to coronavirus

03/05/20

The banking regulators have announced that they are postponing next week’s National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference because of growing health concerns about the virus outbreak.

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Unity Bancorp in N.J. braces for BSA-related consent order

03/05/20

The company said it expects to enter into the order with the FDIC and its state regulator later this month.

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Amerant Bancorp parting ways with CFO and co-president

03/05/20

The South Florida company said Alberto Peraza, who played a key role in its 2018 initial public offering, is leaving for personal reasons.

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Don’t fear big-bank competition. Lean into it.

03/05/20

The best community banks layer human-facing services with new technology to beat the heavyweights in their market.

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Iowa regulators put the kibosh on credit union's bank branch purchase

03/05/20

The state's Division of Banking, led by a former bank CEO and trade group chief, blocked GreenState CU's move to buy seven branches from First American Bank. This is the second time this year regulators have halted a credit union-bank deal.

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Banks deal with coronavirus; Fed finalizes bank capital rules

03/05/20

Banks make emergency preparations as HSBC deals with confirmed case; the changes simplify regulations without posing additional systemic risks, the Fed says.

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