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Key insight: Community Financial has agreed to pay $40 million to acquire ClearPoint Federal in Batesville, Indiana. What’s at stake: ClearPoint is a rare bank that has…

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee expressed caution Thursday about recent attacks on the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell, saying they could adversely affect inflation.”Anything…

Key insight: Bank CEOs are expressing alarm about the potential impacts of President Trump’s call for a 10% limit on credit card interest rates.What’s at stake:…

HomeEquity Bank has appointed long-time mortgage executive Yousry Bissada as its next president and CEO, effective January 15. The Toronto-based lender, best known for its CHIP…

Key Insight: Acquiring BTIG could help U.S. Bancorp fill out its capital markets services, both the company and several analysts said.Supporting Data: U.S. Bancorp plans to…

Key insight: Checkout.com’s Georgia MALPB charter enables direct U.S. merchant-acquiring operations.Expert quote: Klaros Group’s Michele Alt says that state alternative charters help solve the fintech–bank charter…

Key insight: Coastal Financial’s decision to acquire the challenger bank GreenFi is a stopgap measure intended to provide time to design the most beneficial long-term strategy…

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/27147476/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” />Processing ContentFor the past two months, I have been caught in a no-man’s-land between my bank’s fraud and customer service departments.It…

As the Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening efforts fade into history, the major engine of economic growth in the U.S. will be bank lending. Regulators should keep…