Cambridge Blockchain, one of many startups applying blockchain technology to customer-privacy and data-collection issues, is teaming up with LuxTrust to launch a new identity platform.
Wells Fargo may have opened as many as 3.5 million fraudulent accounts in the last 15 years, according to consumers who are trying to beef up a settlement with the bank over abusive sales practices.
Construction lending could make a comeback if bankers persuade Congress to reform capital and other complicated rules on so-called high volatility CRE loans. But will regulators go for it?
Brendan Dickinson of Canaan Partners says PFM startups have deep relationships with customers unlike online lenders, but the revenue model isn't as strong.
Stilwell Group, an activist investor, is alleging that HopFed chief John Peck bought two properties from the then-chairman of the Kentucky company's compensation committee and that the deals were a conflict of interest.
Bank First has agreed to pay $76 million in cash and stock for Waupaca Bancorp. The company should have nearly $1.8 billion in assets when it completes the deal.
