Banking

Indiana, Pa. – September 24, 2026 -- S&T Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of S&T Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: STBA), has won a Marketing Excellence Award from the American Bankers Association in the brand awareness category for its "S&T Bank Draft Headquarters" campaign.

Bank turned Pittsburgh's NFL Draft week into a three-day brand activation

The immersive marketing experience ran during Pittsburgh's NFL Draft week in April, combining customer engagement, strategic media partnerships and regional outreach to boost visibility for S&T's expanding footprint across Western Pennsylvania.

Draft-themed events with iHeartRadio generated a $50,000 donation

Ticket proceeds from draft-themed events hosted in partnership with iHeartRadio funded a $50,000 donation to Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc.

Paris – September 24, 2026 -- BNP Paribas has signed a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to expand its access to AI-optimized infrastructure, Gemini models and Gemini Enterprise, the companies announced.

BNP Paribas will integrate Gemini models into its internal AI assistant used by 65,000 employees

The bank's Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) division plans to fold Gemini models into LLM@CIB, its generative AI assistant, and deploy agentic AI across sales, trading, research and structuring workflows, including the preparation of corporate credit memos.

Gemini already powers customer support for 200 advisers at Nickel

Google Cloud and Gemini technologies are already live at Nickel, BNP Paribas' payment account business within its Commercial, Personal Banking & Services division, where Gemini underpins Nickel Assist, a tool helping 200 customer advisers resolve client requests based on operating procedures.

Austin, Texas – September 24, 2026 -- Oracle has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Trade Finance Systems 2026 Vendor Assessment, a report that evaluated 12 vendors serving corporate banks. The recognition cites Oracle Banking Trade and Supply Chain Finance for running five documented AI agents in live production across letter-of-credit workability, guarantee validation, corporate advisory, supply chain finance program creation, and management functions.

Amman and Abu Dhabi – September 24, 2026 -- Bank al Etihad, one of Jordan's largest banks, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi-based Ethmar International Holding (EIH) and other UAE investors to establish a new bank in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), marking the Jordanian lender's first entry into the United Arab Emirates.

New ADGM entity to operate under a Category 1 banking license

The proposed bank will hold a Category 1 banking license within ADGM and fall under the supervision of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), while also complying with regulatory requirements in both the UAE and Jordan. The launch remains subject to obtaining all necessary official approvals.

Jakarta – September 24, 2026 -- PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (IDX: BBRI) reported net profit of IDR 31.2 trillion for the second quarter of 2026, up 17.5% year on year, driven by double-digit growth in assets, loans and financing.

BRI net profit climbs 17.5% as loans surge past IDR 1.6 quadrillion

On a consolidated basis, BRI's assets reached IDR 2,352 trillion, an 11.7% year-on-year increase, while loans and financing rose 16.2% to IDR 1,646 trillion. Third-party funds grew 6.7% to IDR 1,581 trillion, net interest income increased 9.9% to IDR 80.5 trillion, and pre-provision operating profit rose 12.8% to IDR 65.7 trillion.

BRI President Director Hery Gunardi said the results show the bank's transformation program is starting to deliver returns, with growth increasingly built on stronger fundamentals rather than volume alone.

Oakland, Md. – – September 23, 2026 -- First United Corporation (NASDAQ: FUNC) will pay a cash dividend of $0.28 per share on November 2, 2026, its Board of Directors confirmed.

Board approves quarterly payout tied to October record date

Shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 19, 2026, will be eligible to receive the $0.28-per-share distribution. First United Corporation is the parent of First United Bank & Trust, a Maryland-chartered trust company with commercial banking powers.

Grand Rapids, Mich. – September 23, 2026 -- Mercantile Bank is deploying $150,000 in matching grants to eight Michigan nonprofit organizations through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Community Multiplier Member Match Program, targeting affordable housing gaps statewide.

Mercantile Bank channels $150,000 through FHLBank Indianapolis matching program

The Community Multiplier program allows member financial institutions to support affordable housing nonprofits via matching grants. Mercantile's funding will back initiatives spanning housing stability, housing counseling and education, organizational capacity building, and affordable housing development and preservation.

Wilmington – September 22, 2026 -- U.S. Bank ranked first overall among 17 leading U.S. retail banks in Keynova Group's Q3 2026 Mobile Banker Scorecard, topping both mobile app and mobile web experience categories.

U.S. Bank and Bank of America lead the only banks offering native voice-enabled virtual assistants

Keynova found that only U.S. Bank's Smart Assistant and Bank of America's Erica currently support native in-app voice interactions for tasks including bill payment scheduling, transfers, card controls and credit score display. Erica additionally handles Zelle transaction display and P2P payment initiation via vocal commands. Across the broader panel, 35% of Scorecard banks now offer advanced text-based virtual assistants using natural language processing, though voice capability remains rare.

Singapore – September 22, 2026 -- J.P. Morgan Payments has selected Thunes to expand its Xpedite Remit solution, granting clients access to 12 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts across more than 100 payment corridors worldwide.

Thunes network unlocks real-time payouts across 100+ corridors

The expanded partnership combines J.P. Morgan Payments' connectivity to local real-time payment rails with Thunes' Direct Global Network, enabling clients to send same-currency or FX-converted payouts to bank accounts and mobile wallets from a single account and connectivity point. The solution offers principal protection and end-to-end traceability for transactions routed through 24/7 real-time payment networks.

Shanghai – September 21, 2026 -- Huawei has launched its Fintelligent AI Solution worldwide, targeting the security, scalability, and sustainability barriers that have limited large-scale AI deployment across the global financial industry.

The announcement came at the Global Finance Summit held during HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, where Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei's Digital Finance BU, delivered a keynote titled "Owning Your AI, Advancing Agentic Banking." Cao told financial customers that competition in financial AI is shifting from model capability to enterprise-wide AI system capability, and that institutions must be able to choose, operate, replicate, and evolve their AI independently rather than relying on isolated applications or single vendor models.