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Credit, check fraud costs weigh on Regions' earnings

American Banker

The Alabama regional lender says it expects expenses to taper off this year and anticipates challenged loans will gradually rise to historically average levels.

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Regions Bank says loan demand will stay muted in first half of 2024

American Banker

The Alabama bank's executives said commercial borrowers remain cautious amid high rates and economic uncertainty. During the fourth quarter, flat lending and higher deposit costs weighed down the company's net interest income.

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PNC Eyes Buying US Unit Of Spain's BBVA, Report Says

PYMNTS

BBVA bought Alabama's Compass Bancshares in 2007 and has around $100 billion in assets in the U.S., Big bank mergers have been scarce in the past decade since the financial crisis of the late 2000s, but despite that rarity, regional lenders have felt the crunch from bigger rivals like J.P. according to WSJ.

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

PYMNTS

We’re also a pure-play technology company, designed to support banks [that] want to offer lending products, but … either can’t or won’t dedicate hundreds of millions to building the capacity,” he said. Avant launched its first bank partnership with Alabama-based Regions Bank in 2016, using its SaaS product.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

PYMNTS

On June 16, Samsung Pay arrived in Singapore, allowing users of Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and the S7/S7 Edge phones can use Samsung Pay in the region. Our research shows that marketplace lending is suffering from sluggish adoption because of either insufficient value to switch or a lack of trust in the financial services provider.”

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Bank-FinTech Collaboration Tackles SMB Finance Friction

PYMNTS

This week's look at the most recent initiatives in partnerships and open banking reveals a focus on SMB lending and finance, while Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) also gains traction to allow non-banks to offer their own banking services to corporate customers. HSBC is adopting Biz2Credit 's Bix2X Platform to streamline its SMB lending processes.

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

Perhaps just as influential, Shelby, who is serving as the committee’s GOP chairman for the next two years, represents 131 community banks in Alabama, and Brown, the Democratic ranking member on the committee, represents 206 community banks in Ohio. Shelby visits an Alabama business as part of a statewide jobs and industry tour.