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Kalispell, Mont.-based Glacier Bancorp Inc. has agreed to acquire Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based State Bank Corp. The deal, which is expected to close late in the fourth quarter or early in the first quarter of 2020, will help Glacier Bancorp expand its franchise footprint in Arizona.
AssetMark Financial Holdings Inc. will acquire OBS Financial Services Inc. through its unit, AssetMark Financial Inc., in an all-cash deal that is expected to close in early 2020.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC settled charges of race- and gender-based discrimination brought against it by the U.S. Department of Labor. The company will pay about $10 million in relation to the findings and will voluntarily provide make-whole relief for about 600 affected workers at its New York headquarters.
Additionally, Bank of America Corp. will pay $4.2 million in back wages and interest as part of a settlement with the Labor Department, which alleged that the bank refused to hire women and minorities for many jobs in four states.
Dallas-based Comerica Bank issued a statement in relation to an alleged brand infringement operation being carried out by VRB cryptocurrency throughout Asia. The bank said it does not have any affiliation with the group and "any attempt to represent...