The Federal Reserve is rethinking the size and scope of its holdings. Academics and industry analysts alike say liquidity reforms will be key to the process.
Amid warnings that a future slowdown in AI capital spending could pose a systemic threat, executives at Regions Financial said they're preparing the same way they would for any other credit concentration.
In a new paper, the frontier model creator shares how its LLM processes information and generates responses. This could open doors to training, interpretability and governance issues for banks that aim to use it.
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How J.P. Morgan Payments is dealing with smart contracts and using a public blockchain.
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The bank reports an increase in spending in host cities and in restaurants, along with an early read on the role of agentic AI.
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Samsung is taking a page from Apple's playbook and launching its own, digital wallet-native credit card with Barclays and Visa as the South Korean electronics company looks to expand digital services. It is Samsung's first credit card in the U.S.
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank stopped originating marine and recreational vehicle loans during the second quarter. Executives said the change will reduce net interest income in the short term, but deliver higher profitability over the long run.
House Republicans floated discussion legislative drafts aimed, in part, at strengthening the Federal Home Loan Banks' role providing liquidity to the financial system.
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As the regulatory landscape for digital assets becomes clearer, it is vital that stablecoin reserves, custody and settlement services, and the provision of liquidity not be concentrated within a small number of companies.
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Efforts by individual states to rewrite existing rules governing interstate bank lending risk throwing the entire system into chaos. Only Congress has the ability to reestablish a workable set of national rules.
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The new law's reciprocal and custodial deposit provisions recognize what the evidence has shown for two decades. They should spur, not substitute for, the broader work of protecting America's depositors.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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A Deloitte analysis shows that alternative allocations — to private equity, private credit and other vehicles — in DC plans could grow quickly.
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SEI may not be the first firm that comes to mind when thinking about the industry's custodians, but the firm has built a substantial client base of financial advisors over more than 30 years.
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Schwab directly or indirectly manages only 2% of the $37 trillion in U.S. wealth that could be in the hands of advisors, according to CEO Rick Wurster. The size of the opportunity means there is no need to compete with the firm's RIA clients.
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Economists at the government-sponsored enterprise have been lowering their single-family origination volume estimates for several months.
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Industry economists and analysts were predicting single digit quarter-to-quarter gains, but a trio of large banks had an over 30% rise in mortgage volume.
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Michael Burry, a GSE investor and early predictor of the Great Financial Crisis, is eyeing the senior preferred liquidation preference and a 2028 deadline.
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Two former mid-level employees at the Toronto-based bank received U.S. prison sentences for their roles in funneling nearly half a billion dollars through TD accounts.
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The firm isn't discussing the news reports suggesting it's for sale. Here's how it has built such a close relationship with so many planners over the years.
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Advisors have a role to play in facilitating the great wealth transfer, and some wealth owners are uncertain about whether heirs are ready.
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Even more than access to alternative assets and simplified platforms, advisors are looking to outside account providers to help them manage clients' taxes.
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A Florida ring drilled its check-fraud recruits to dodge bank alerts. An analyst says the fraudsters were guarding the wrong door.
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