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With financial crime surging worldwide, it is critical that the public and private sectors align on a shared vision to collectively focus on combating bad actors and to eliminate their ability to launder the proceeds of criminal activity.
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Banks and other private lenders could help ease the liquidity crisis facing some companies that service Ginnie Mae mortgages, but are currently prevented from doing so by the agency's rules. A simple fix would benefit everyone involved.
April 19
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FedNow emerges as a key component of our industry's digital transformation, filling the void in our payment infrastructure and paving the way for a new era of banking.
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Financial industry workers don't need to be concerned about losing their jobs to AI — they need to be concerned over which of the many opportunities they will want to seek out when the time comes.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg said last week that regulators have the tools they need to allow big banks to fail in an orderly fashion. But resetting public and market expectations is not so easy.
April 16American Banker
The top five banks and thrifts have combined total assets of nearly $13 trillion.
The top five bank holding companies have combined business loan portfolios of more than $2.5 trillion as of December 31, 2023.
As recently as a few months ago, many observers predicted a surge of bank mergers this year. But longtime obstacles to dealmaking are still there and have been joined by new ones.
Truist Financial's top executive leadership team announces departures; First Horizon's chief credit officer is retiring; Ferry teams with Highnote to roll out a new Visa-branded payroll card; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.
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