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    Dive Deposits: Inside the ‘takeover attempt’ at a long-standing Black bank

    An investment fund has sought since August to take control of Carver Federal Savings Bank. The bank finally fought back using its aggressor’s favorite weapon.

    By Feb. 2, 2024
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    Deutsche Bank to cut 3,500 jobs by 2025

    The bank also announced it would return €1.6 billion to investors in the first half of 2024. That includes a €675 million share buyback.

    By Feb. 1, 2024
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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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    Could the factors that took down SVB combine for a rerun in 2024?

    NYCB's surprise Q4 loss may stand as a warning — or an outlier — as regional banks fight for deposits, weather real estate woes and wait for interest rates to drop.

    By Jan. 31, 2024
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    California banks merge in $233.6M deal

    The tie-up between Southern California Bancorp and California BanCorp, set to close in the third quarter, will create a $4.6 billion-asset company in some of the state’s strongest areas for mid-market business banking.

    By Ken McCarthy • Jan. 30, 2024
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    ‘Troubled’ Blue Ridge Bank enters consent order with OCC

    The OCC alleged that Blue Ridge’s BSA/AML program experienced “systemic internal controls breakdowns,” among other issues, in its second regulatory action against the bank in 18 months.

    By Jan. 29, 2024
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    Goldman’s global banking and markets co-chief to leave bank

    Jim Esposito — a 28-year veteran who had sought to become the bank's CEO or president, The Wall Street Journal noted — co-led a unit that brought in two-thirds of Goldman's revenue last year.

    By Jan. 29, 2024
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    JPMorgan Chase shuffles C-suite execs

    The nation's largest bank is giving a handful of top executives “broader experience” by reassigning them to roles in new businesses ahead of CEO Jamie Dimon’s eventual retirement, an analyst said.

    By Jan. 26, 2024
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    Novo rolls out an embedded payroll tool for small businesses

    Powered by Check, the new tool, Novo Payroll, aims to help small businesses manage their finances from a single platform.

    By Jan. 24, 2024
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    Comerica lays off 250, closes 26 branches

    Dubbing the cuts “expense re-calibration efforts,” CFO Jim Herzog said the bank is now better positioned to enhance its funding base, revenue mix, capital efficiency and risk management framework.

    By Jan. 24, 2024
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    NBT CEO John Watt to step down in May

    Scott Kingsley, the Norwich, New York-based bank's CFO, will assume the top role upon Watt’s retirement.

    By Jan. 23, 2024
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    Fifth Third aims to open 31 branches this year in a bet on Southeast

    The bank wants to establish about a 50/50 balance between Southeast and Midwest markets, CEO Tim Spence said. Fifth Third plans to boost its Southeast headcount in commercial banking by up to 15%, Bloomberg reported.

    By Jan. 22, 2024
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    JPMorgan’s Dimon, after 4% raise, got $36M in 2023

    A breakdown of the CEO’s salary shows $1.5 million in base salary and $34.5 million in performance-based variable incentive compensation — $5 million of which will be in cash and the rest in stock.

    By Jan. 19, 2024
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    First Republic ‘fraudulently’ recruited brokers before collapse, plaintiffs say

    Alexander Kadish and Nicholas Davey had profitable careers at Morgan Stanley before First Republic execs lured them to work for the bank with omissions and false representations, they allege.

    By Jan. 19, 2024
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    Citizens trimmed 650 jobs in Q4

    Among bright spots in the quarter, the lender launched its private bank, which it expects to break even in the second half of this year.

    By Jan. 18, 2024
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    Varo rolls out free tax prep and filing tool with Column Tax

    All Varo Bank customers can access the tax filing service, which uses pre-filled data based on user information and helps to file taxes in less than 15 minutes, the lender said.

    By Jan. 17, 2024
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    FirstSun, HomeStreet to merge

    FirstSun will function as the acquirer in the all-stock deal, which upon completion, will create a $17 billion-asset bank.

    By Jan. 17, 2024
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    CFPB proposal would cut overdraft fees as low as $3

    Overdraft fees would be reclassified as extensions of credit, forcing banks to disclose an APR. Banks would also choose whether to charge customers a "break-even" fee or an amount set by the CFPB.

    By Jan. 17, 2024
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    JPMorgan Securities to pay SEC $18M

    A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation found that the firm kept clients from reaching out to the SEC to report potential violations.

    By Jan. 16, 2024
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    Top 6 banks dole out $9.4B toward FDIC special fee in Q4

    JPMorgan Chase paid the largest share, at $2.9 billion, to replenish the agency’s deposit insurance fund following last year's bank failures. The bank reported $49.6 billion in annual net income.

    By Jan. 16, 2024
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    Citi to cut 20K jobs in ‘medium term’

    The bank said it expects to incur as much as $1 billion in severance and restructuring costs this year as part of the cuts.

    By Jan. 12, 2024
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    Citi flags $3.8B hit on charges, reserves

    In an SEC filing on Wednesday, Citi said fourth-quarter profit will be impacted by charges and reserves related to international exposures, its restructuring plan and the FDIC’s special assessment.

    By Jan. 11, 2024
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    TD execs knew in November 2022 about DOJ’s probe into AML: report

    Regulatory scrutiny of TD's AML practices has long been rumored as the catalyst for the May 2023 collapse of the bank's proposed $13.4 billion acquisition of First Horizon.

    By Jan. 11, 2024
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    Barr hints at looming changes for emergency fund, capital requirements

    A post-SVB lending facility may end in March as scheduled, the Fed supervisory czar indicated. Meanwhile, the public looks to get a louder say on the impact of new capital rules.

    By Jan. 10, 2024
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    Ex-Wells, JPMorgan exec tapped to lead mortgage firm Mr. Cooper

    Michael Weinbach, a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, will be responsible for leading Mr. Cooper’s operations, including originations, servicing and technology, the firm said.

    By Jan. 10, 2024
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    Barclays slashes 5,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort

    The London-based bank said it cut 5,000 roles from its global workforce of 84,000 last year in a bid to "simplify and reshape the business.”

    By Jan. 9, 2024