Bankruptcy Blogs

Happy medium: 'Tweener' regionals try creative growth strategies

03/28/17

Creative growth strategies are helping banks with $10B to $50B of assets — including Webster and TCF — improve profitability. These ‘tweeners’ deal with tougher regulations than smaller competitors without the scale larger ones have to absorb the expense.

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Perking up: Banks make big changes in benefits to woo millennials

03/28/17

Financial institutions of all sizes are overhauling benefits policies and promoting work-life balance to better compete for millennial recruits with the hipper tech sector. The big changes include longer periods of paid time off for new parents.

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A community banker's fintech 'aha' moment

03/28/17

From SoFi to Venmo, fintech competitors are creating a customer experience that is so fast and easy community bankers like Julieann Thurlow cannot help but worry.

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Bank M&A holds steady as pricing ticks up

03/28/17

The number of deals in early 2017 was similar to the same period last year, though the pricing has increased. Also see which M&A advisers were the most active for each region during 2016 in our annual ranking.

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Get customers to help you protect their data

03/28/17

Banks are undergoing a digital transformation at the same time that hacker culture has taken off, escalating the security risks. Here is one strategy for protecting data where many banks need to improve.

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Home BancShares to buy Stonegate in Fla. for $778M

03/27/17

The deal is Home BancShares’ second in Florida in less than five months and would let the Arkansas company further solidify its presence in the Sunshine State.

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How banks use investment funds to spread CRA risk

03/27/17

Community banks, big commercial banks and Wall Street investment houses are finding common ground in small-business loan funds that help Main Street, minimize potential losses on credit extended to young companies and sometimes lead to new business prospects.

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Wells brings cardless access to its entire fleet of ATMs

03/27/17

As banks work to integrate their mobile apps with their physical channels, the march toward universal cardless ATM technology continues.

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Health care failure complicates Dodd-Frank rollback effort

03/27/17

House Republicans’ failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act – an issue that has animated the party caucus since its passage in 2010 — has thrown into question their ability to enact regulatory relief.

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Could Google give fintech apps a needed boost?

03/27/17

Google Play and CSFI aim to improve use of financial health apps through a storefront organized by consumers' needs and by publishing a guide for app developers.

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