UBS Financial Services Inc. of New York has opened a private wealth management office in Houston, its first there.
The office, which opened Monday, serves clients with assets of more than $10 million.
The unit of the Swiss banking company UBS AG now has eight private wealth management offices nationally and plans to open more.
The Houston office, run by John T. McCauley, has a staff of private wealth advisers, private wealth management consultants, and related service personnel.
A July pickup in activity is just a start, experts say. The banking industry's drive for scale and greater efficiency is expected to drive a renewed wave of consolidation, pushing the institution count lower.
Administration of the Community Development Financial Institution Fund at the Treasury Department will be led by the CDFI Fund's legal counsel following the resignation of the fund's director.
Paxos and Mastercard are among the firms betting that legal clarity will lead to a wider range of stablecoin users.
Google, Oliver Wyman and Corridor Platforms offer bankers a safe space where they can experiment with using generative artificial intelligence for customer interactions.
The Treasury's financial crime agency delayed enforcement of a variety of Bank Secrecy Act requirements for investment advisors in order to gain time to revise and tailor regulations.
Kate Luft, a former chief of staff for Citi CEO Jane Fraser, is now running the company's U.S. retail banking business. In her first interview since getting the job, Luft discussed what banks can learn from airlines and the advantages that incumbents have over fintechs.
