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JPMorgan Chase targets 160 branch openings this year
The largest U.S. lender flagged the Carolinas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Massachusetts and Tennessee as states where it’s planning “major expansion” this year.
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CFPB’s ‘regulatory burden’ cost consumers billions: White House
The report follows two others released last week by the Government Accountability Office and Senate Democrats that drew different conclusions.
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TD’s US head of AI weighs in on agents
Successful AI projects hinge on envisioning the full production environment where employees and customers will engage with the technology, Ted Paris said.
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Warren targets Dimon for help on interest rate caps
The senator says her bill emulates a proposal by the JPMorgan Chase CEO to let states determine their own card interest rate limits.
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Singapore super-app Grab to acquire US fintech Stash
The deal is set to close in the third quarter, when Grab will pay $425 million to acquire a majority interest in the fintech, then buy the rest at market value over the next three years.
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OCC conditionally approves Stripe subsidiary Bridge for trust charter
The nod comes roughly two months after digital-asset firms Circle, Ripple and Paxos received a similar green light.
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Gemini loses 3 C-suite executives
The crypto exchange's CFO, chief operating officer and legal chief are leaving the company five months after its IPO. Gemini this month announced layoffs and a strategic pivot.
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Fed to consider changes in mortgage lending rules
Banks have lost their hold on mortgage originations in recent years to nonbanks. The Fed is looking at regulatory changes to bring mortgages back into the banking fold, according to Michelle Bowman.
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Capital One’s commercial bank zeroes in on middle market
The lender aims to give that “underserved” segment a steady focus amid big banks’ inconsistency, an executive said. But CapOne faces competition from regional banks stepping up to serve the middle market, too.
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Dive Deposits: Want a bigger raise? Don’t be a long-tenured bank CEO
Bank of America’s $41 million payday for Brian Moynihan shows two trends: Newer big-bank CEOs received larger raises. And Moynihan’s 2025 compensation may have been held back by a comparatively better 2024.
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Chicago suburb sues Fifth Third for ex-mayor’s alleged theft
Fifth Third acted in violation of “reasonable” banking standards by allowing Dolton’s then-mayor to cash $1.9 million in vendor checks without the village clerk’s signature, a lawsuit alleged.
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Goldman legal chief resigns over Epstein ties
Kathryn Ruemmler will leave the bank June 30, after the Justice Department’s release of Epstein-related documents revealed the extent of her ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender.
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Citi pays CEO Fraser $42M for 2025
The bank touted progress in modernizing its tech, continuing to exit foreign retail markets and marching toward the medium-term goal of its reorganization.
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Judge: ‘Blind-eye’ accusation sufficient in BofA’s Epstein case
A bank spokesperson reiterated Thursday that the lender looks forward “to a full review of the facts.”
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Morgan Stanley pays CEO Pick $45M for 2025
The package adds to evidence that $40 million is the emerging benchmark by which big-bank CEO annual compensation is measured.
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Upstart makes CEO switch
Paul Gu, the chief technology officer who co-founded the AI lender in 2012, will succeed Dave Girouard as CEO on May 1. Girouard will remain executive chair.
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Wells Fargo charts consumer growth after ‘tear-down’
The once-limited lender aims to grow consumer deposits faster than the market, and better branch productivity will become a more meaningful contributor in that endeavor, the bank’s CFO said.
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MrBeast acquires youth-focused fintech Step
“Nobody taught me about investing, building credit or managing money when I was growing up,” the YouTube star said on X. “I want to give millions of young people the financial foundation I never had.”
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Ex-Schwab employee found guilty of fraud, ID theft
A former bank employee, hired by an unnamed Cleveland-based bank and then Charles Schwab to help protect customers from fraud, faces up to 30 years in prison.
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StanChart CFO abruptly exits for Apollo
Diego De Giorgi had been seen as a driving force behind the bank's efforts to cut costs and focus on Asia. He was also considered a potential successor to long-serving CEO Bill Winters.
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Texas Capital CEO touts transformation amid M&A chatter
The Dallas-based bank is seen in the industry as a possible takeover target, but CEO Rob Holmes said "the real M&A transaction for Texas Capital" has been its recent business transformation.
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HoldCo drops KeyBank, Eastern proxy fights
The activist investor expressed renewed confidence in KeyBank CEO Chris Gorman after he clarified the bank’s no-acquisition stance, and the lender replaced its lead independent director and two board members.
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GAO details CFPB’s downsizing
Two reports released Monday explored the scope of the CFPB’s downsizing in the last 12 months. A second one, by Senate Democrats, said the changes have cost consumers $19 billion.
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US banks wrestle with regulation amid rising AI spend
Despite the challenges, financial services firms in the U.S. lead their global counterparts in AI maturity, according to a Finastra report.
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Erebor Bank receives national bank charter
The bank, founded by tech billionaire Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel, is the first recipient of a national bank charter under the current presidential administration.