After 119 years, Durham-based M&F Bank’s name will give way to Optus. Here’s what else changes

Mechanics & Farmers Bank, one of the oldest Black-owned banks in the country, is merging with Optus Bank of South Carolina in a deal that would create the nation’s largest Black-owned bank…

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After 119 years, Durham-based M&F Bank’s name will give way to Optus. Here’s what else changes

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