The CardWorks subsidiary has officially taken over Ally Financial's Ollo credit card portfolio, ending a five-year dance between the two companies that first had Ally buying CardWorks for $2.7 billion.
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The industry has developed materials for banks looking to promote anti-scam awareness and more resources for banks.
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The first government shutdown since 2019 will slow flood insurance originations and new Small Business Administration loans, though self-funded banking regulators will continue operating as usual.
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Though small banks have a durable customer base in the small-business sector, the decades-long consolidation trend will likely speed up, according to a new report from Morningstar DBRS.
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Real-time cross-border payments are in demand, but lack interoperability — creating demand for Swift and Ripple to add new tech. Plus, PayPal pledges to add payment technology in the Middle East and Africa, and more international payments and fintech news.
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Houston-based Prosperity will pay $269 million in stock for Southwest Bancshares in San Antonio. The sale comes on the heels of the death of Southwest's founder and chairman.
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The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would defer President Donald Trump's request for a stay until after oral arguments scheduled for January 2026, allowing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to remain on the board at least until then.
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Technology is moving quickly and retirement investing is now an individual responsibility, but the core purpose of a Wall Street career is still vital, the veteran banker said in an exit interview.
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A government shutdown and a single senator's hold prevented the renewal this week of a bipartisan law that helped banks and other firms defend against hackers.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said Friday that the economic outlook is uncertain and that he was adopting a cautious approach to gauging whether slowing growth and a softening labor market outweigh inflation pressures from tariffs.
The CardWorks subsidiary has officially taken over Ally Financial's Ollo credit card portfolio, ending a five-year dance between the two companies that first had Ally buying CardWorks for $2.7 billion.
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
A government shutdown and a single senator's hold prevented the renewal this week of a bipartisan law that helped banks and other firms defend against hackers.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said Friday that the economic outlook is uncertain and that he was adopting a cautious approach to gauging whether slowing growth and a softening labor market outweigh inflation pressures from tariffs.
The CardWorks subsidiary has officially taken over Ally Financial's Ollo credit card portfolio, ending a five-year dance between the two companies that first had Ally buying CardWorks for $2.7 billion.
The fund is designed to generate a financial return, as well as Community Reinvestment Act credit, for TD. Its inaugural investment is in a mixed-use project that will include 49 affordable housing units.
A government shutdown and a single senator's hold prevented the renewal this week of a bipartisan law that helped banks and other firms defend against hackers.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said Friday that the economic outlook is uncertain and that he was adopting a cautious approach to gauging whether slowing growth and a softening labor market outweigh inflation pressures from tariffs.
The CardWorks subsidiary has officially taken over Ally Financial's Ollo credit card portfolio, ending a five-year dance between the two companies that first had Ally buying CardWorks for $2.7 billion.
Bankers are concerned about stablecoins gaining traction due to the passage of the GENIUS Act, and also continue to sound the alarm about the failure to resolve check fraud disputes, according to the latest quarterly survey from IntraFi.
First-party fraud — customers claiming they never made a transaction when they know full well they did — is a growing problem for banks. An emerging host of vendors including Socure are offering machine learning models that detect this.
Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have skyrocketed in the first half of 2025, due in part to an increase in payment scams generated by social media that target peer-to-peer payment platforms such as Zelle, Venmo and other apps.
Small businesses and restaurants using Clover’s tools rapidly needed new ways to accept payments online when the pandemic struck, according to Linardi.
Identity management is key to driving financial innovation, and Interac is part of the effort to streamline authentication across Canada.
The pandemic put payments companies to the test, exposing resilience and pain points, according to Smith.

- Foundational models like GPT-4, the large language model behind ChatGPT, have hoovered up content from publications like The New York Times and social media sites like Reddit and OpenAI, and it faces several lawsuits because of this. John Thompson, global head of artificial intelligence at EY and author of the book "Data for All," has set up what is believed to be the largest private, secure generative AI environment in the world, with a focus on keeping internal data protected.Sponsored by IntraFi
- Proof of identity is critical for many things, including being able to open a bank account, get a job or obtain health care. Yet proving one's identity is getting harder in a world of frequent data breaches. We asked Mariana Dahan, founder of the World Identity Network and chair of the Universal ID Council, what she thinks will solve this problem.Sponsored by IntraFi
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In addition to swiping exchange business from rival NYSE, Friedman has diversified with compliance software and anti-financial crime offerings for banks and securities firms.
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The globe-trotting exec, known for her relationship and financial-structuring skills, is betting that AI and other initiatives can help grow client totals by 50% over the next five years.
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Demand for tokenized assets, real-time data and collateral mobility is turning asset servicing into a strategic differentiator for BNY—and Portney is looking to capitalize on all of it.
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Her ability to communicate with markets, employees and investors is what these unprecedented times call for, something Martin takes in stride while pressing ahead.
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Since joining HSBC in 2023, Oden has been focused on expanding its wealth business in the U.S.
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