First Bancorp Completes Acquisition of Select Bancorp

By NS Banking Staff Writer

19 Oct 21

Select Bancorp shareholders will receive 0.408 shares of First Bancorp common stock for each share of Select Bancorp…

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US West Coast lenders Columbia and Umpqua to combine operations

By NS Banking Staff Writer

13 Oct 21

Umpqua shareholders will around 62% and Columbia shareholders nearly 38% of the combined company, upon closing

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Westpac’s 2H21 profit to reduce by $1.3bn due to heavy write-downs

By NS Banking Staff Writer

12 Oct 21

The second half profits may reduce due to write-down of assets in Westpac Institutional Bank, additional provisions and…

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Mastercard and Citi Expand Partnership to Further Financial Inclusion and Sustainability Efforts

By NS Banking Staff Writer

08 Oct 21

Citi joins Mastercard’s City Possible network to transform the dialogue around government services

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NatWest picks up kids banking fintech RoosterMoney

By NS Banking Staff Writer

07 Oct 21

RoosterMoney allows parents to immediately freeze a card if it’s lost and block payments to specific merchants

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Community Bank to acquire Elmira Savings Bank for $82m

By NS Banking Staff Writer

05 Oct 21

The acquisition of Elmira Savings Bank will allow Community Bank to enhance and extend its banking footprint in…

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Four years after its launch, Orange continues to develop Orange Bank

By NS Banking Staff Writer

04 Oct 21

The closing of this transaction is subject to the usual approvals, and the value of the deal remains…

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Eagle Bancorp Montana to Acquire First Community Bancorp

By NS Banking Staff Writer

04 Oct 21

Eagle Bancorp Montana is headquartered in Helena, Montana, and is the holding company of Opportunity Bank of Montana

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Virgin Money plans to close 31 branches across UK

By NS Banking Staff Writer

01 Oct 21

The company said that the decision is in response to the changing customer behaviour during the pandemic, and…

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UOB to invest $500m to ramp up digital capabilities across ASEAN as it aims to more than double its digital retail customers by 2026

By NS Banking Staff Writer

01 Oct 21

Bank is unifying its digital bank and banking capabilities on a single platform, UOB TMRW, to drive innovation…

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