M&A
Consumer complaints surged in March, shortly after the North Carolina bank completed a core technology conversion to bring together BB&T and SunTrust. Truist is still dealing with the gripes, which involve delayed access to cash, difficulties using debit cards and excruciatingly long wait times.
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GradFin offers advisory services to Americans who want assistance with their student loans. The acquisition is part of the Cleveland bank’s strategy of adding niche digital businesses.
May 9 -
The acting comptroller rejected a moratorium on bank mergers, but reiterated concerns about the resolvability of large regional banks.
May 9
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The Minneapolis company announced $100 billion in investments, including substantial spending in California, over the next five years. The agreement with groups that previously withheld their support removes a major hurdle in winning regulatory approval for the $8 billion deal.
May 9 -
The Minneapolis company, which previously said it expected the $8 billion acquisition to close in the first half of 2022, has become less firm about that projection.
May 4 -
Long Game, which Truist acquired for an undisclosed sum, allows consumers to set savings goals and earn extra cash by playing casino-style lottery games.
May 3 -
The two companies, which have not received government approval to complete their now year-old pending deal, postponed the deadline to Oct. 31 and have decided to make the combined entity a national bank.
April 27 -
Health care, home improvement, cannabis, gaming and college students are among the areas banks are targeting with the help of innovative tools.
April 22 -
First Horizon Advisors resolved a supervisory investigation involving a former rep after its parent firm announced it’s being purchased for $13.4 billion.
April 21 -
Bruce Van Saun, the Rhode Island bank’s CEO, previewed a branch-light strategy in new markets like South Florida and Washington, D.C. Citizens recently closed acquisitions of Investors Bancorp and much of HSBC’s U.S. retail banking business.
April 19
