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Key insight: Fintech entrepreneur Brian Barnes, who bought B2 Bank in 2021, is bringing in a new senior leadership team to pursue a national digital banking…

Mergers & acrimonySome mergers work. Two companies become one, and the one is stronger in all respects. Some mergers don’t work. Two companies become one, but…

Key insights: Some of the country’s largest financial institutions are rolling out stablecoins, and with the right strategy, community and mid-tier banks can also reap the…

Key insight: By welcoming AI-driven vendor platforms into their banks, small and midsize institutions are introducing risks that are poorly understood and potentially interrelated. Boards of…

Key insight: Landmark Credit Union’s deal for American National Bank-Fox Cities comes after credit unions announced more than three dozen acquisitions of community banks in 2024…

Key insight: Midland States’ decision to dismiss veteran CFO Eric Lemke comes as its turnaround program appears to be gaining traction.Supporting data: As the bank exited…

Visualization created with AI assistance based on original reporting. Processing ContentKey insight: Stablecoins present opportunities for community banks to explore new forms of capital formation while…

Key insight: Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., introduced a bill to index the Durbin Amendment’s $10 billion asset threshold to inflation, preventing more…

Key insight: The House is poised to pass a housing affordability package with wide bipartisan margins. What’s at stake: The House bill contains a number of community…

Key insight: The bill would index more than three dozen regulatory thresholds to nominal GDP. What’s at stake: Bank groups say that community banks have been pushed…