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Here’s why fintechs are acquiring banks

OakNorth’s acquisition of Community United Bank was shortcut to bank charter

byVaidik Trivedi

August 4, 2025

in Retail Banking

Reading Time: 13 mins read

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Here’s why fintechs are acquiring banks

OakNorth’s acquisition of Community United Bank was shortcut to bank charter

How Nasdaq Verafin is looking to save banks up to 16K hours annually with agentic AI for anti-money laundering

5 questions with … Bank of America’s Holly O’Neill

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