More than two dozen community banks submitted letters to the Federal Reserve expressing concern that its proposed "skinny" payment account framework could put them at a competitive disadvantage.
Two quarters after it merged with Synovus Financial, Pinnacle Financial Partners is keeping up the aggressive recruitment it's known for. Since the start of 2026, the company has hired 124 bankers.
BNY's Robin Vince and Nubank's David Velez have joined the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group Public Benefit Corporation; Old National Bancorp has revamped its top leadership teams; City National Bank appointed Lindsay Dunn executive vice president and head of personal and business banking; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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How J.P. Morgan Payments is dealing with smart contracts and using a public blockchain.
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The parent company behind Flex Rent submitted applications to state and federal regulators for an industrial loan charter and deposit insurance.
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For banks, getting ahead in the digital asset race may be less about picking a winner and more about playing the field.
The House Financial Services Committee's Republican majority backed slower funds availability and declined to shift authorized-scam losses onto banks.
Christopher Peterson, a law professor at the University of Utah and former senior advisors at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is the latest top hire for a Democratic state stepping up consumer protection.
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The policies most community banks rely on for cyber liability, fidelity bonds and directors and officers insurance are full of overlapping exclusions, restrictive coverage sublimits and vague specifications. That can become an expensive problem.
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A primary criticism of stablecoins harks back to the era of free banking, when individual banks printed their own notes. But that era of private money bears little resemblance to the modern realities of stablecoin issuance.
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As governors prepare to designate new "opportunity zones," lenders and investors should take advantage of the chance to target capital to communities where it will both do good and generate strong returns.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Ultrawealthy clients looking to reduce taxable estates might consider spousal lifetime access trusts, but too-similar dual trusts can backfire.
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Research from Cerulli Associates indicates that marketing and referrals are the best ways to bring in new clients. Yet few firms devote much time or money to either.
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Millennial and Gen Z Americans aren't investing in homes the same way as previous generations: The National Association of Realtors found the median age of first-time buyers last year was 40, an all time high. Here's what wealth advisors need to know.
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So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.
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The drop in the annual metric for FHA loans was the biggest in over four years but other performance indicators ICE Mortgage Technology tracked were mixed.
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Originators need to keep an eye on the 10-year Treasury yield used in pricing mortgages, which not only broke through 4.6%, climbed above 4.7% on Thursday.
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Christopher Peterson, a law professor at the University of Utah and former senior advisors at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is the latest top hire for a Democratic state stepping up consumer protection.
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Much of the recent growth of the universal e-checkout system Click to Pay is taking place outside the U.S. Payment experts say there are steps banks can take to boost usage.
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The New York AG is alleging banks aren't doing enough to combat fraud on Zelle, but online fraud might be too big for even the nation's biggest banks to fight.
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Kalshi's Head of Enforcement Robert DeNault and former CFPB acting Director Mick Mulvaney shared opposing views on the controversial sites at a CFR event.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to pay $150,000 to crypto exchange Coinbase to settle a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the company two years earlier.
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