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The North Carolina-based credit union, which purchased the vacant bank branch last summer, serves some members across the state line but has not had a brick-and-mortar presence there until now.

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.

The inquiry into Venmo's debt collection practices is a taste of what PayPal can expect as it expands to other categories that increasingly face regulatory pressure.

The North Carolina-based credit union is one of a handful in the industry to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion at the management level.

Regulators are right to encourage environmentally responsible lending, but with the transition to a low-carbon economy likely to take decades, they can’t allow banks to cut off lending to polluting firms cold turkey — especially to those making go

Most major global banks will spend more than $100 million each this year preparing for the end of the discredited Libor rate, according to Ernst & Young.

The company did more than $20 billion in in-store volume last year at more than 600,000 merchants; the president is now considering using an executive order to erase the debts.

Banks weren't involved in the trading frenzy, but some observers say the regulatory response should address risks to all financial institutions.

On January 19, 2021, the U.S.