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The Hancock Shaker Village, with help from banks and other professional groups, established an award named after the late chairman and CEO of M&T Bank. ... Read full article

“Limited” digital-asset broker spots mat be approved; Linda Lacewell’s plans for the New York State Department of Financial Services. ... Read full article

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s job is safe for now, according to Larry Kudlow, top economic adviser to President Donald Trump. ... Read full article

How the Trump administration can recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while remedying jilted private investors. ... Read full article

Pierre Habis, president of PurePoint Financial, explains how the digital bank and small network of paperless branches are meeting consumers’ needs. ... Read full article

The CFPB asked whether 10-year-old consumer protections against overdrafts are onerous or unfair, especially to smaller financial institutions, but banking industry officials largely said any changes could invite new problems. ... Read full article

Michael Roberts will succeed Patrick Burke as president and chief executive of HSBC USA in October. ... Read full article

Jack Henry's acquisition of Geezeo and NCR's purchase of D3 Technology are fueling predictions that more small-business data firms will be takeover targets for legacy techs trying to court small bank and credit union customers. ... Read full article

SunTrust, the lender merging with BB&T, said it won't provide future financing to companies that manage private prisons and immigration holding facilities. ... Read full article

The bank will reduce its footprint to its German roots; U.S. banks are offering cash bonuses to keep customers from fleeing to higher-yielding accounts. ... Read full article

Deutsche Bank unveiled a radical overhaul that will see the lender exit its equities business, post a €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) second-quarter loss and cut the workforce by a fifth to reverse a slide in profitability. ... Read full article

The industry is urging federal regulators to go further in streamlining oversight of foreign banks and resolution-planning requirements. Critics warn that the proposals could weaken post-crisis safeguards. ... Read full article

Questioning whether core-banking technology is nearing a 'big shake-up'; Capital One keeps closing branches, even as rivals open them; FASB chair defends CECL, saying 'the benefits justify the cost'; and more from this week's ... Read full article

Loans to other financial firms have soared in recent years, and many are going to private equity or business development firms that then use the funds to make leveraged loans. Should regulators be worried? ... Read full article

The new rule, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget, would enable FDIC-supervised institutions with less than $5 billion in assets to use a shorter form every other quarter. ... Read full article

Set aside the large BB&T-SunTrust merger pact, and most deal metrics were way down in the first half of 2019. ... Read full article

A little over two decades ago, Deutsche Bank set out to become a Wall Street giant. This weekend, Chief Executive Christian Sewing will probably pull the plug on that dream for good. ... Read full article

Readers react to Congress vetting Facebook's Libra, heavily debate whether to delay CECL, opine attempts to roll back overdraft laws and more. ... Read full article