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    Goldman Sachs names new CFO as Scherr steps down

    Denis Coleman will become deputy CFO effective immediately and succeed Scherr in January. Goldman is the fourth of the six largest U.S. banks to make a change at CFO this year.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 14, 2021
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    Bank of America to scrap CMO role after top marketer leaves this year

    The bank pushed ahead with a raft of executive moves last week. Bank of America is not the first big U.S. bank to do away with the chief marketing role. Wells Fargo said in May it would do the same.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 13, 2021
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    Top 5 stories from Banking Dive

    Everything old is new again. One year after Citi’s reorganization, progress comes in “fits and starts.” Meanwhile, a contentious proposed rule is generating “voluminous” feedback after 14 months.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Bank of America names new CFO, adds 3 women to senior management

    The bank's chief administrative officer and general counsel are also retiring. The shuffle of more than a dozen leaders comes two weeks after two longtime Bank of America executives said they were retiring at year's end.

    By Sept. 10, 2021
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    Georgia bank's new owners eye a digital makeover without losing the personal touch

    ST Hldgs acquired Rochelle State Bank with the aim to bolster the single-branch institution's web portal and mobile options, while keeping the bank's close-knit model intact.

    By Sept. 9, 2021
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    Citizens Bank to acquire JMP Group in $149M, all-cash deal

    The move, slated to close in the fourth quarter, is the latest in a busy year for Citizens, which bought 80 HSBC branches in May, as well as a New Jersey-based bank and an Oregon consulting firm.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 9, 2021
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    Bank of America debuts overdraft alternative

    If a customer overdraws on one Bank of America account, Balance Connect ferries money from another of the user's accounts with the bank for a $12-per-transaction fee.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 8, 2021
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    JPMorgan to buy majority stake in Volkswagen's payments business

    The deal is the latest in a series of investments the bank has made in the past year, following CEO Jamie Dimon's 2020 promise that it would be "much more aggressive with acquisitions across the board."

    By Sept. 8, 2021
  • CFPB proposes rule to boost data collection on small-business loans

    The bureau laid out a list of 23 data points, including the race and gender of borrowers and reasons for loan denial. But some trade groups are taking issue with the proposal's scope.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 7, 2021
  • Wells Fargo names new commercial banking CEO

    Kyle Hranicky will succeed Perry Pelos, who is set to retire in April, the bank said. Hranicky will join Wells Fargo's operating committee, becoming the first inside promotion CEO Charlie Scharf has elevated to that level.

    By Sept. 7, 2021
  • SBA 'threat' draws ire of PPP lenders, Republican lawmakers

    Lenders that have not opted in to the agency's forgiveness portal could face audits, the SBA said in a letter.

    By Sept. 2, 2021
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    Wells Fargo seeks more time to comply with scandal consent orders: report

    The bank could face additional sanctions from regulators over the pace at which it is compensating victims of its consumer abuse violations, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

    By Sept. 1, 2021
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    Morgan Stanley bumps first-year pay to $110K to match Goldman Sachs

    Tuesday's move marks the second time in a month the bank lifted salaries for first-year investment banking and global capital markets analysts.

    By Robin Bradley • Sept. 1, 2021
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    Bank regulators issue guidance on partnering with fintechs

    Banks should evaluate fintechs' business experience and qualifications, financial condition, legal and regulatory compliance, risk management and controls, information security and operational resilience, regulators said Friday.

    By Aug. 30, 2021
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    Santander Holdings USA to buy rest of US consumer unit for $2.5B

    The deal, which includes the remaining 20% of the consumer unit's shares, values the division at $12.7 billion, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.

    By Aug. 24, 2021
  • Serial acquirer Seacoast to buy 2 Florida banks

    The deals, expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, would add $600 million in assets to Seacoast and value Sarasota-based Sabal Palm Bank at $53.9 million and Business Bank of Florida at about $28.4 million.

    By Aug. 24, 2021
  • SBA forgiveness portal accepts more than 340K submissions, but many lenders opt out

    More than 1,230 lenders, representing over half of outstanding loan forgiveness applications, have opted in to the SBA's direct borrower forgiveness portal. But 4,237 have opted to use their own internal portals.

    By Aug. 23, 2021
  • Canada’s largest banks to require employee vaccinations before office return

    Staff at TD, the Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce must demonstrate proof of vaccination by October. Scotiabank also will require vaccines for its workers but has not set a date.

    By Robin Bradley • Aug. 23, 2021
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    Outgoing NY governor signs bill to limit overdraft practices at state-chartered banks

    The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, comes as lawmakers and regulators are paying more attention to overdraft fees and the revenue they generated for banks amid the pandemic.

    By Aug. 20, 2021
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    Sustainable banking-focused Aspiration to go public via $2.3B SPAC deal

    The neobank, whose financial backers include Leonardo DiCaprio and Cindy Crawford, said the deal will provide more than $400 million in cash, which will be used for marketing, product innovation and technology.

    By Aug. 19, 2021
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    PNC sets 5-year, $20B environmental finance goal

    The funding will go toward green buildings, renewable energy, clean transportation and sustainability-linked bonds and loans. But the amount is well short of trillion-dollar pledges from the nation's three largest banks.

    By Robin Bradley • Aug. 19, 2021
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    Goldman Sachs to acquire Dutch insurer's asset-management arm in $1.9B deal

    The deal would roughly double — to more than $600 billion — the bank's assets in Europe and expand its ESG footprint.

    By Aug. 19, 2021
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    How Square's Afterpay deal plays into its SMB, consumer banking goals

    The $29 billion deal will bring the Australian firm's point-of-sale financing technology and large merchant portfolio under Square's umbrella, further enabling the fintech to continue its push into banking services.

    By Aug. 18, 2021
  • PPP loans through fintechs much more likely to be suspicious, study finds

    Fintech and traditional lenders both started the program with suspicious loan rates of around 10%, but fintechs' suspicious loan rates grew to 40% when PPP ended, University of Texas, Austin, researchers found.

    By Aug. 17, 2021
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    State Street to vacate NYC offices amid shift to hybrid work

    The bank's pivot comes as firms across the country are reevaluating office-return timelines or adopting permanent hybrid solutions.

    By Aug. 16, 2021
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    Bipartisan bill would expand SBA loan program to include fintech lenders

    "You shouldn’t need a big bank to get an SBA loan," said Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-CO, who introduced the legislation alongside Sen. Tim Scott, R-SC, on Wednesday.

    By Aug. 13, 2021