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Fiserv buying out partner in Irish joint venture AIB Merchant Services

Fiserv buying out partner in Irish joint venture AIB Merchant Services

Fiserv is planning to buy out the joint venture partner behind AIB Merchant Services. Fiserv said in a press release that it agreed to buy the 49.9% stake in AIBMS that it doesn't already own from AIB Group. The joint venture was created in 2007 in Ireland. The price wasn't disclosed. “We have enjoyed a strong partnership with AIB Group, as together we grew AIBMS into one of the leading

June 6, 2025
Capital One CEO to receive $30M award for closing Discover deal

Capital One CEO to receive $30M award for closing Discover deal

Capital One Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank will receive a one-time award worth about $30 million in connection with the McLean, Va., company’s purchase of Discover Financial Services. Capital One’s compensation committee granted Fairbank 153,351 restricted stock units that should vest in five years. The settlement will be evenly split between cash and stock based on the company’s average stock price over the 15 days ahead of vesting. Fairbank isn’t

June 6, 2025
NB Bancorp to buy Provident in Mass. for $212 million

NB Bancorp to buy Provident in Mass. for $212 million

NB Bancorp in Needham, Mass., has agreed to buy Provident Bancorp in Amesbury, Mass. The $5.5 billion-asset company said in a press release that it will pay $211.8 million in cash and stock for the $1.6 billion-asset Provident. The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, priced Provident at 93% of its tangible book value. BankProv has seven branches, $1.2 billion in total deposits and $1.3 billion

June 5, 2025
Group applies to form de novo Georgia Skyline Bank

Group applies to form de novo Georgia Skyline Bank

A group has applied to open a new bank in Georgia. Organizers of the proposed Georgia Skyline Bank in Roswell applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on June 4. The application wasn't immediately available. Ryan Floyd would be the proposed bank's president and CEO. He was a senior vice president at The Piedmont Bank. Floyd said in an interview that his group aims to raise $25 million to $35

June 5, 2025
Fifth District Bancorp in La. taps interim leader after CEO’s sudden death

Fifth District Bancorp in La. taps interim leader after CEO’s sudden death

Fifth District Bancorp in New Orleans appointed an interim CEO after the death of its leader. The $531.1 million-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that Amie Lyons will also serve as interim president. Lyons is the company's senior vice president of administration and operations. Brian North died suddenly on Monday. Fifth District said it plans to conduct an executive search to identify a permanent successor.

June 4, 2025
MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma taps insider as new CEO

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma taps insider as new CEO

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City will have a new CEO. The $40 billion-asset bank said in a press release that Todd Dobson will succeed Jeff Records as CEO on July 1. Records will remain chairman. Dobson has been the bank's president. “Todd’s elevation to CEO has long been the succession plan," Records said. "We are grateful for his impact on the expansion and performance of the Bank and look forward

June 4, 2025
JPMorgan Chase gives Marianne Lake more responsibilities

JPMorgan Chase gives Marianne Lake more responsibilities

JPMorgan Chase in New York is giving more responsibility to Marianne Lake, seen as a potential successor to CEO Jamie Dimon. Dimon, along with President Daniel Pinto, wrote in a memo to employees that Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking, will take over leadership of international consumer banking and the bank’s strategic growth office. The move comes as Sanoke Viswanathan, JPMorgan Chase’s CEO of international consumer and wealth, plans to

June 4, 2025
Pulaski Savings failed after years of issues, $21M of unaccounted for deposits

Pulaski Savings failed after years of issues, $21M of unaccounted for deposits

The collapse of Pulaski Savings Bank of Chicago is now the subject of an in-depth review by the FDIC’s Office of Inspector General, reflecting the exceptional loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and the alarming discovery that nearly $21 million in deposits were never recorded in the bank’s core system. The state-chartered mutual savings bank, which had $49.5 million in total assets, failed in January, with most of its

June 4, 2025