Maine Gov. Angus S. King Jr. has nominated Howard R. Gray Jr. to be the
Mr. Gray, a former vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York,
Mr. Gray's nomination requires approval of a House committee and
New York's Arrow Financial and Pennsylvania's First Commonwealth Financial were seeing their insurance revenue grow before they announced agency purchases this week. Prior to 2025, banks were shedding their insurance agencies.
The AI company has debuted ChatGPT for Financial Services, an enterprise tool that may threaten the role of junior analysts at investment banks.
The USA Patriot Act passed on an overwhelming bipartisan basis in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, overhauling banks' involvement in anti-money-laundering efforts.
The institution tested USBDC in an international payment ahead of a wider rollout and amid its work on the cross-industry Open Standard stablecoin project.
The global rise of online gambling has created a range of new money-laundering risks for banks and other companies, according to the Financial Action Task Force, an international standard-setting organization.
Federal banking regulators say as many as 188 community banks may qualify for the extended exam cycle following implementation of the measure, which is required as part of the recently passed housing bill.
