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As home to the world's biggest financial center, New York state is in a uniquely powerful position to hold banks to the climate pledges they now seem prepared to break.
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Senate GOP leaders also aim to make the TCJA tax cuts permanent, which would raise the costs of tax reform unless a new scoring method is adopted.
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The top five bank M&A deals had an average deal value to tangible common equity ratio of nearly 185%.
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American Banker's Payments Forum conference brought together some of the most effective women in the payments industry to discuss career strategy, adjusting to the fast pace of technology and best practices for taking on new roles.
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President Donald Trump said he inherited an "economic catastrophe" from his predecessor in a joint address to Congress, though markets fell Tuesday on fears of a budding trade war with Canada and Mexico.
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Gary Carrai serves as chief product officer with LPL Financial.
Earlier in his career, he was a financial advisor with Lydian Wealth Management, a multifamily office based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Edward Arthur Nurse was in charge of the vault at Park Side Credit Union. Then $389,000 went missing, replaced by piles of fake cash.
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Sympera AI, an agentic AI fintech founded by Personetics founder David Sosna, seeks to offer AI tools to banks looking to scale their relationship banking.
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The banking sector has stabilized significantly since the spring of 2023, but elevated interest rates have created lingering issues on bank balance sheets.
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Independence Bank can cease operations once it satisfies the conditions in an FDIC consent order. Liquidation would close out a five-year drama that began when regulators cited the bank for SBA lending irregularities.
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