Fifth Third to close 44 Chicago-area branches in July after completing MB bank merger

Fifth Third Bank is closing 44 branches in the Chicago area next month in the wake of its $4.7 billion acquisition of MB Financial.

Nearly 1 in 5 locations of the combined bank will close on July 9 and 10, Fifth Third spokesman Larry Magnesen said Monday, a cost-saving move aimed at eliminating branch overlap.

Customers of the closing branches, which include both Fifth Third and former MB locations, have already been notified, with 26 of the 44 locations less than a mile from another branch, Magnesen said.

“We picked the ones that were better, newer, with better lobby space, better parking,” Magnesen said.

The acquisition of Chicago-based MB Financial bolstered Fifth Third as a middle-market business bank, and put nearly 240 Chicago-area branches under the same corporate umbrella in March. Last month, the MB name was supplanted by Fifth Third at its 91 former locations.

The merger, which was announced in May 2018, was projected to save $255 million in annual operating costs.

In April, Fifth Third notified the state it was eliminating about 500 Chicago-area workers due to the MB merger. Most of layoffs were MB corporate back office and administrative employees. The total also included a “small number of customer-facing positions” at the branches that will be closing next month, Magnesen said.

https://governmentslaves.news/2019/06/18/fifth-third-to-close-44-chicago-area-branches-in-july-after-completing-mb-bank-merger/

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AMEN! Trump’s Spiritual Advisor Opens Rally with Prayer: “A Demonic Network Has Been United Against Trump” Let It be Broken in the Name of Jesus

President Trump’s spiritual advisor Paula WHite opened the Trump rally tonight with a special prayer against the demonic network united against President Trump.

Paula White: “Father you have raised President Trump up for such a time as this… Let every demonic network that has aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus. Let the counsel of the wicked by spoiled now according to Job 17. I declare that President Trump will overcome every strategy from hell and every strategy from the enemy. Destroy and divide their tongues, Oh Lord.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/amen-trumps-spiritual-advisor-opens-rally-with-prayer-a-demonic-network-has-been-united-against-trump-needs-to-be-broken-in-the-name-of-jesus/

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yeah I'm pretty happy she mentioned Jesus

US Senators Strike $4.5 Billion Deal on Border Funds

The biggest part of the funding package obtained under the deal will be spent on humanitarian aid for migrants detained by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as to provide funding for processing and caretaking staff. The other part will go to expanding overcrowded detention facilities.

US lawmakers have reached a deal regarding US-Mexico border funding, which had been at a stalemate, The Hill reported Tuesday.

The deal, made by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) – the top Democrat in the panel – would provide border services with over $4.5 billion.

The package includes $3.3 billion for humanitarian aid, which the White House said will be used to increase shelters and care for unaccompanied minors, as well as to process new arrivals. The remaining money will be used for operations including an increase in the number of detention beds and providing more investigation resources, The Hill report says.

Democrats said they approved funding in an effort to provide money to enforce Trump’s immigration and border policies.

"President Trump's proposal had some things that are very needed, which we would support, had some things that are off the table, and some things that would be in a gray area. […] I'd like to see some kind of action that deals with the humanitarian crisis and can pass both the Senate and the House because we’ve got to get it done. It's serious," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters.

A deal appeared unreachable amid bipartisan divisions, and was reported as resurfacing last week, when the two parties found common ground over humanitarian aid. Schumer told reporters last week that humanitarian aid was the “sweet spot” for any deal to be had on Capitol Hill, The Hill reported at the time.

The deal will be marked up for the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday and is expected to get a vote in the Senate before the end of next week. The deal must nonetheless overcome several obstacles before it arrives on Trump’s desk, including garnering support from House Democrats, the report says.

Earlier this year, Trump declared a national emergency as a means of diverting billions of Pentagon funds to construct a barrier on the US-Mexico border in an effort to curb the influx of immigrants illegally crossing into US territory. House Democrats failed in their attempt to rescind the emergency declaration.

https://sputniknews.com/us/201906191075949512-us-senators-strike-45-billion-deal-on-border-funds—report/