Knoxville – November 03, 2026 -- Bank of America has named Josh Barnes president of its Knoxville market, a franchise with $793 million in FDIC-insured deposits and about $3.9 billion in Merrill client balances. The appointment took effect October 28, 2026.

Barnes succeeds Terry L. Cline, who retired earlier this year

Barnes will lead the bank's local market strategy and coordinate Knoxville activity across its eight lines of business. His mandate is to grow market share by building local connections and deepening and expanding client relationships.

WASHINGTON – November 02, 2026 -- Kirk M. Goehring, chief executive officer of Decatur County Bank in West Tennessee, is one of 11 recipients of the American Bankers Association's 2026 Emerging Leader Awards, which honor leadership, professional achievement and community service in banking.

DETROIT – November 02, 2026 -- Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) earned the top overall spot in two Money Best Banks 2027 categories, National Bank and Online Bank, and collected recognition from five other organizations covering workplace culture, leadership and corporate trust.

LOS ANGELES – November 02, 2026 -- Raising the Community Reinvestment Act small-bank threshold to $10 billion in assets would leave more than 2.6 million additional people in census tracts where no bank is evaluated for community development, according to a new interactive map from NAAHL and FairPlay AI.

MANAMA – November 01, 2026 -- Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, and ARP Group have partnered to establish an AI-native, blockchain-enabled wholesale bank headquartered in Bahrain, which has already received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain.

The venture will begin regulated activities only after it obtains final authorisation. The partnership was announced on the sidelines of Gateway Gulf 2026.

Madrid – October 31, 2026 -- Banco Santander cut costs by more than 50% in an experimental customer-service use case while improving conversation quality, and has now signed a three-year AI collaboration framework with NVIDIA.

Spain – October 31, 2026 -- Banco Santander reported a record underlying profit of €11,176 million for the first nine months of 2026, up 16% year-on-year, as the TSB and Webster acquisitions lifted its customer base to 189 million. Attributable profit rose 20% to €12,405 million.

Richmond, Indiana – October 31, 2026 -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (NASDAQ: RMBI) reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $1.7 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, down from $3.6 million, or $0.36, a year earlier. A $6.1 million credit-loss provision and $3.0 million of nonrecurring merger costs outweighed a near-doubling of net interest income after the Farmers Bancorp acquisition.

KANSAS CITY – October 30, 2026 -- nbkc bank has filed an application with the FDIC to assume the consumer-focused Banking as a Service (BaaS) portfolio of LSBX, the BaaS division of Lincoln Savings Bank, expanding both its BaaS business and its deposit base.

The deal is expected to close in early 2027, subject to regulatory approval. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bismarck – October 30, 2026 -- BNCCORP, INC. (OTCQX: BNCC) reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $3.0 million, or $0.85 per diluted share, up 14.7% from $2.6 million, or $0.74 per share, a year earlier. Excluding ongoing merger charges tied to its pending acquisition by OppFi Inc., net income reached $3.3 million, or $0.94 per diluted share.