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King, who spent 24 years at M&T Bank and departed with little explanation, will lead Fifth Third's operations in middle market commercial banking and wealth management.
April 8 -
The agreement surpasses Stripe's $1.1 billion deal to buy stablecoin payments platform Bridge in February.
April 8 -
The Federal Reserve Board terminated a 22-year-old cease-and-desist order against a one-time vice president of The Marathon Bank in Winchester, Virginia.
April 8 -
The largest asset manager globally announced Tuesday it will enter a new master custody service agreement with Anchorage Digital, the only U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank.
April 8 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. aims to ease compliance for large banks, revisit crypto and stablecoin rules, and weigh inflation adjustments to regulatory thresholds.
April 8 -
Guy Baker, CFP, Ph.D., is the founder of Wealth Teams Alliance in Irvine, California.
He is a member of the Forbes 250 Top Financial Security Professionals list and is author of "Maximize the RedZone," a guide for business owners, as well as "The Great Wealth Erosion," "Manage Markets, Not Stocks" and "Investment Alchemy." He received the 2019 John Newton Russell Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in insurance.
April 8 -
BlackRock veteran Mark Wiedman is taking the torch as president at PNC. The seeming successor to longtime CEO Bill Demchak will be tasked with helping the bank evolve.
April 8 -
Bill Pulte, making the announcement as chairman of Fannie Mae, did not provide additional details following earlier rumors of larger layoffs.
April 8 -
The second-largest U.S. bank is pushing generative artificial intelligence out to most employees while continuing to offer its more traditional AI-based Erica virtual assistant to customers, says tech executive Hari Gopalkrishnan.
April 8 -
As more states adopt digital identity, there is an opportunity for banks to improve authentication.
April 8