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First Financial Bank completed the conversion of BankFinancial’s operating systems and is now offering consumer banking, commercial banking, specialty banking and wealth management services under the First Financial brand in the Chicagoland area. All retail branches and ATMs have been...

The week ending June 6 delivered a decisive repricing of the rate path after May nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000 — more than double the 80,000 consensus — with the unemployment rate holding at 4.3% and the three prior months revised...

The 281 commercial subchapter V elections within Chapter 11 in May 2026 represented a 36% increase over the 207 filings recorded in May 2025, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of United States bankruptcy filing data. Key...

First Business Bank’s asset-based lending team closed a $25 million asset-based credit facility, consisting of a revolving line of credit and real estate term loan, to refinance an established nut processing company in California. The financing solution supports the company’s...

esVolta, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across North America, closed an expanded corporate credit facility providing up to $450 million of capital to drive new utility-scale energy storage projects in existing and new markets....

SixCap Healthcare Finance announced today that Kinh Reynolds has joined the firm as vice president of Finance. Reynolds brings more than 30 years of accounting and finance experience across healthcare, commercial finance, public accounting and operational leadership roles. Her background...

Cascadia Capital, an independent investment bank serving middle-market clients globally, launched its restructuring and special situations practice with the addition of veteran advisors Lorie Beers as managing director and head of restructuring and special situations, Carl Comstock as director, and...

Josh Strathman has rejoined Dechert as a partner in the firm’s global finance practice, where he will focus on residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed lending and a range of esoteric asset classes. He will be based in Dechert’s Los Angeles office....

Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the private credit markets, released the results of Compass 2026, a credit-only survey of 380+ professionals across global private credit markets. Capturing sentiment across investment banks, institutional investors, asset managers and private credit...

Provident Bank, a New Jersey-based financial institution, appointed Annamaria Vitelli to executive vice president, chief wealth officer of Provident Bank and president of Beacon Trust. In her new role, Vitelli will lead the strategic direction and growth of Provident Bank’s...