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.
Most Americans have been at least targeted by fraudsters, and as AI technology gets better the frauds are going to be harder to stop.
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Consumers are confused about FDIC coverage for fintechs, placing the same amount of trust into nonbank payment companies that do not provide the same deposit protection.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit is set to decide whether a lower court's decision that found the Federal Reserve mispriced debit interchange limits in the Durbin Act stands. Analysts say the battle will pressure banks toward faster payment options.
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The bank has invested in Payload, a company that has grown quickly selling new processing technology to real estate companies, with plans to expand into other industries with multiparty transactions.
A former Regions Bank employee who's been banned from the industry was allegedly part of a fraud ring that cost the bank roughly $400,000.
Democrats' chances of flipping the upper chamber were long going into the campaign season but have improved in recent weeks. Here are some of the key individual races that will affect bankers the most.
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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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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $10-$50 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.
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A recipe of no securities, mostly adjustable-rate loans and a cheap rural deposit base made the Texas bank the top performer in the $2 billion-$10 billion asset class.
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As regulators look to finalize the Basel III endgame rules, they would do the banking industry and American homebuyers a service by recognizing the risk-reducing role mortgage insurance plays on bank balance sheets.
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In a shifting regulatory environment, CCOs must move from a posture of constraint toward one of enablement, becoming entrepreneurial strategic leaders.
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The Trump administration's refusal to release funds appropriated by Congress for community development financial institutions is actively damaging programs that serve low-income Americans.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Rick Simonetti knows it's not easy recruiting private bankers and then moving their clients and assets. That hasn't stopped him from building Fidelis Capital into a $3 billion firm built largely on bankers pulled from Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
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A survey found Medicare Advantage customer satisfaction dropped for the second year in a row. Financial advisors can guide clients as they weigh coverage choices.
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A new guide from the CFP Board is meant to help advisors through offering 401(k) rollover recommendations, which can be a tricky area for compliance.
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This was the second acquisition Luminate's mortgage arm has made since the start of 2025. The bank bought NJ Lenders Corp. in April of last year.
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The government-sponsored enterprise oversight chief said his agency is focusing on select fees applied to mortgages that lenders sell to Fannie and Freddie.
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After losing money on production in most quarters between 2022 and 2024, independent mortgage bankers have achieved five consecutive quarters in the black.
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The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will require banks to clearly disclose the use of AI in decisions that affect customers, show customers all data used by AI to deny a loan or new account, and give people a way to correct any inaccuracies.
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Correspondent banking has been around since the 14th century, when Italian merchant-banking houses used a network of partner banks and agents to settle trade debts without physically shipping coins, and has since become vital infrastructure to facilitate global payments. Today, digital assets are challenging some of the economics that have supported correspondent banking.
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Forbright Bank in Chevy Chase, Maryland, which has gathered more than $4 billion in online deposits over the past two years, plans to sell its branch network and focus entirely on digital banking.
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Bond yields are rising as the market's under duress and the national debt's crossed the $40 trillion mark; but rising yields aren't all bad for banks.
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The payments company has acquired artificial intelligence firm OpenRouter in a deal that comes as banks consider strategies for large language models and Stripe is rumored to be in talks to buy PayPal.
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