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SMS-based multifactor authentication is now so badly compromised that it has become a major vector for fraud. But there's a potential solution, and it's in every bank customer's pocket.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency director should spend less time on partisan attacks and social media posting, and more on trying to resolve the housing crisis.
September 15
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The perennial effort by state-level lawmakers and regulators to impose their will on national banks risks damaging a well-balanced system that has allowed the U.S. economy to thrive.
September 15
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Pious claims about the importance of free data are a smoke screen. What the fintech industry really wants is to stick banks with the bill for organizing, securing and delivering customer data on their behalf.
September 12
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Noelle Acheson points out that crypto custody is about more than incorporating new assets into an established service; it's about reshaping how we see standard financial concepts and using the resulting innovations to rethink client relationships.
September 11
City National Bank promotes Brandon Williams to head private banking and wealth management; a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier is sentenced to five and a half years for stealing over $10 million in checks from the mail; Lazard expands its North American investment banking franchise with two managing director hires; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
For the first time, this list of banking's rising stars aged 40 and younger is presented in ranked order, highlighting the depth and performance of the industry's top talent.
Equity Bancshares is expanding into Nebraska with the proposed acquisition of Omaha-based Frontier Holdings; Valley National Bancorp taps Patrick Smith as its new president of consumer banking; Northern Trust in Chicago promoted Michael Hunstad to president of asset management; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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