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PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The equity markets are reaching new highs, expecting the economy to emerge from the deep freeze in the first quarter. The bond markets unwound the benefits of QE during 2013, so it quickly became apparent to the Fed to reduce it. Bond markets quickly adjusted to rate hikes sooner than expected. nationally.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

First of all, if they continue to buy securities, they are removing many of the high quality securities from the marketplace, possibly causing a disruption or shortage in the markets. We may be skeptical, but the markets keep telling us: Don’t fight the Fed! Maybe it is nationally, but Bucks County (PA) has yet to participate.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Importantly, Huntington has continued to focus on digital investments and its strong legacy of product management to remain a progressive regional bank.

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