The Independent Community Bankers of America argue in a new lawsuit that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is exceeding its statutory authority in granting trust charters to crypto companies.
All in a day's work: Managing geopolitical shocks, changing interest-rate dynamics, and new business models driven by innovation.
Apollo's chief economist may be premature on the idea that AI agents will drive people into higher-rate savings products. But he's not that premature.
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Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute, discusses what to expect in the next year in the world of on-chain finance.
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OUSD, the new stablecoin from Open Standard, a consortium of more than 140 banks, fintechs, payments companies and crypto firms, has drawn interest, in part due to its shared economics model.
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The purchase could bolster Stripe's merchant credit product as rivals such as PayPal and Square make similar moves.
The sixth bank failure this year shows that even as the industry overall is very profitable, there are pressures on a lot of banks that aren't the biggest.
A proposal is meant to ensure advisors can trade client assets on a discretionary basis without triggering onerous custody requirements, while also giving them a self-custody option for crypto.
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There wasn't just one recipe for landing among the top-performing banks with $50 billion or more in assets. There were two — or, in some cases, a mix of both.
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OFG Bancorp, the parent company of Oriental Bank, has steadily climbed American Banker's rankings of the nation's top-performing banks. Here's how the Puerto Rican bank did it.
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United Bank and Five Points Bank, both ranked among the top-performing banks by Capital Performance Group, said they have stayed in the mortgage business because they see it as a way to build strong relationships in the communities they serve.
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Many of the same signs that might have predicted the financial crisis nearly two decades ago are back, including sweeping deregulation, lax underwriting standards and opaque new financial products. We should proceed with caution.
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Because open banking models rely on the combination of usernames and passwords to identify customers, those who don't bank online are left out. The technology exists to solve that problem.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent decision to make it more difficult to see customer complaint narratives is depriving the financial services industry of a vital source of business intelligence.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Thirty-seven percent of those making more than $500,000 live paycheck to paycheck, Goldman Sachs found, making this a problem for more than just lower-income workers.
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Advisory practice sellers frequently wish they had taken more time for important strategic tasks before the deal, David Grau of Succession Resource Group says. He provided a list explaining why the timeline will take longer than many sellers may think.
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The new platform looks to personalize both client and planner profiles to create better matches and relationships.
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Larger public companies' high-profile servicing acquisitions tend to get the spotlight, but the two top leaders in the Ginnie MSR market are quieter players currently run as private companies.
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Home value fell in real terms, as inflation ran 1.5 percentage points above price growth, down slightly from 3.5% in June, according to the Case-Shiller index.
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The GSEs also have unified 4.0 pricing for loans scored with classic FICO while 10T moves toward 2027 adoption at FHA but remains pending at the enterprises.
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The new requirement could be announced by FHFA Director Bill Pulte as soon as Oct. 12, when he is scheduled to speak at a mortgage industry conference in Chicago, according to the person.
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FiCare asked a judge to stop Fiserv from using automated checks to lift fraud holds. Fiserv says the credit union could have turned on one-time passcodes.
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The federal agency's proposed definitions characterize event contracts as swaps, but exclude "casino-style" gambling.
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A top official at the Office of Inspector General says significant budget cuts will force large layoffs and essentially eliminate enforcement activities.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has accused the Department of Justice and the FBI of withholding the release of an interview with a prominent banker connected to Jeffrey Epstein. A law passed earlier this year requires the DOJ to release Epstein-related files.
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