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The state is requiring merchants to accept cash denominations of $20 and under and prohibits them from charging extra to accept cash. The law, which goes into effect in March, comes as merchants are responding to the Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of penny production.

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A bipartisan housing provision has emerged as a critical negotiating point for passage of an uncommonly bank-relevant defense authorization bill.

December 4
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VPN vulnerability leads to data breaches at 70 banks

More than 400,000 consumers may be affected after Marquis Software Solutions suffered a breach traced to a bug in SonicWall software disclosed last year.

December 4
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Midland States Bancorp has completed three major asset sales in the past 12 months, exiting national business lines and shifting focus to its core community banking franchise.

December 4
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Employees throughout the company can use generative AI to query data from sales calls, email, invoices and a host of other information sources. 

December 4
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The Canadian bank is determined to grow its U.S. business organically, CEO Darryl White said Thursday. But with so much excess capital, analysts wondered about the bank's appetite for M&A.

December 4
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The Canadian bank still has more work to do as it rolls out additional processes, technology and training. TD will also have to prove to regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice that its actions are sustainable.

December 4
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FinTech Forward, a collaboration of American Banker and BAI, brings together the research, media, and event capabilities of banking's top two professional information and education organizations.

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Mobile phones are only going to become a bigger part of how banks interact with their customers, so several institutions are looking to enhance that experience. They are focusing on better ways of opening accounts, verifying identities, interacting with customers and offering new services and features. Here are some of the improvements announced this year.

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In the age of big data, banks should be king. After all, which industry knows more about people and how they behave than the holders of deposits? But all that data is useless without leaders who know how to effectively analyze it. American Banker recently polled data and analytics chiefs at banks about the trials and tribulations of big data and the art of finding insightful information. Here are some of their responses.

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The era of banks and fintech companies cozying up to each other is in full bloom. Fintechs realize they can better disrupt the industry from within, while banks are looking for partners to help them navigate the digital world. Here's a look at how banks worldwide are buying, investing in and in some cases lending to fintech firms.

August 29