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PYMNTS, August 19, 2024, Regional Banks Pursue Mergers And Acquisitions To Enhance Competitiveness More than two-thirds of the banks in the KBW Regional Banking Index have a greater than 50% chance of being acquired within the next 12 months, the report said, pointing to a Reuters analysis of LSEG’s StarMine M&A data. This surge in

KXAN, August 19, 2024, Almost Every Texan Considers Housing Affordability A Problem, New Survey Finds “Houses are sitting longer on the market, it seems,” Carrell said. “The one I just looked at on Saturday, I think it was four months on market with three price decreases, and that third price decrease put it at the

New York Times, August 17, 2024, As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point A Way Forward California doesn’t guarantee a right to housing or shelters, both of which are in notoriously short supply. Study after study shows that just arresting people or shooing them along doesn’t work. Neither have progressive legal efforts championing the

ABC News, August 15, 2024, Harris To Propose Up To $25K In Down-Payment Support For 1st-Time Homebuyers Prior to Harris’ speech on Friday, an official also released more details on the housing component of Vice President Harris’ lower costs plan to “help end the housing supply shortage” that includes calling for the construction of 3

AXIOS, August 15, 2024, Why Credit Unions Are Buying Banks Between the lines: The key question here is whether growing via acquisition means that a credit union has lost sight of its nonprofit mission — or whether such acquisitions are a sign it’s pursuing that mission, of providing high-quality banking services to as many members

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, August 27, 2024, CFPB Report Finds Large Retail Chains Charging Cash-Back Fees To Customers Using Debit And Prepaid Cards Getting cash back at a store is a common way for people to get cash. While making a purchase at a retailer that offers the service, people can get access to their

Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2024, Pay Your Rent, Get 2% Cash Back: Landlords Join Craze For Rewards Traditional concessions include a month or two of free rent or a discount on utilities, but monthly rewards offer a new format. Some rental-rewards companies, like Stake, offer cash back. With Piñata, people accrue and cash in

New York Times, August 14, 2024, A Nurses’ Union Flexed Its Power. One Hospital Is Pushing Back. Three weeks ago it filed a petition in Federal District Court in Manhattan, asking a judge to overturn an arbitration decision that awarded nurses in an understaffed unit at Columbia University Medical Center more than $270,000. The hospital

Rolling Stone, August 25, 2024, The Right Is Doing All It Can To Hamstring Racial Equity Groups It’s a familiar story. After the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, there was national soul searching and protests, and racial justice suddenly became fashionable. Money that once had been a trickle flowed into racial equity and