M&F shareholders approve Optus acquisition despite rival bid

Fed’s Hammack calls for restrictive rates to cool inflation

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack was one of two dissenters from last week’s decision to hold rates. She favors more frequent, smaller adjustments; futures pricing indicated likely increases in December and March.

IBOC International Bancshares' third-quarter profit rises 5.6%

Third-quarter net income reached $114.5 million, compared with $108.4 million a year earlier; diluted earnings per share increased to $1.84 from $1.74.

FCAP First Capital agrees to buy First Bancorp of Indiana

The all-stock merger would expand First Harrison Bank across southern Indiana and western Kentucky. First Federal Savings Bank, which operates ten offices, would merge into First Harrison.

Deal value

~$33.2Mall stock

Target assets

$583Mat Sep 30

Target deposits

$473Mat Sep 30

Closing

H1 2027expected

Chainalysis discloses exposed user tokens and shuts screening service

The disclosure reverses its statement five days earlier that it had found no evidence of credential or token access. Some customer accounts appear to have been accessed without authorization, and its crypto-transaction screening service remained offline Thursday afternoon; Chainalysis reported no evidence that investigation data was accessed or attribution data manipulated.