New York State's former top regulator Adrienne A. Harris has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell as of counsel and senior policy advisor; Founders Bank appointed Karen Grau to its board of directors; Deutsche Bank's DWS Group is opening an office in Abu Dhabi; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Bank blockchain leaders say the technology is solid and privacy's been solved mostly. They’re focused now on integration, collaboration and saving money.
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A punitive tax on payments sent overseas to the families of immigrants would have a cascading set of consequences — all of them bad.
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The niche buy now/pay later firm is looking for differentiation in a crowded market with recognizable brands like Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay.
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The contract gives the nation's oldest bank access to more than $3 billion in deposits a month. Comerica, the current administrator, has received a three-year extension of service to help with the transfer.
Both companies want money to be "programmable." But how to go about it is a matter of dispute.
The top five banks and thrifts had combined assets of more than $13 trillion as of Sept. 30.
The multitrillion-dollar package would avert a year-end tax increase at the expense of adding to the U.S. debt burden.
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The central bank massively increased the money supply during the pandemic. We paid the price with high interest rates throttling the real estate industry.
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The risk of harm to users' financial health is much greater with direct-to-consumer advances than it is from earned wage access programs.
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Who controls the administrative agenda is the most important outcome of the election for banks. But the road to controlling that agenda runs through the Senate, where the political dynamics are considerably different than at the top of the ticket.
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A district court has agreed to halt compliance with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Biden-era open banking rule while the Trump administration pursues its own rule.
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The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to announce guidance on the end of its quantitative tightening program later Wednesday. As that process draws to a close, experts are questioning when and how the central bank should use its balance sheet to smooth economic stress in the future.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is rescinding two rules issued under former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra that required nonbanks to register court orders, plus terms and conditions of contracts.
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The payments giant had a "better than expected" fiscal fourth quarter, and said it expected that momentum to carry through the holidays. It's also looking forward to tailwinds brought by the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
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Brian McEvoy, chief retail banking officer at Webster Five in Central Massachusetts, says community banks are in a unique position to serve more small businesses. He was a speaker Tuesday at American Banker's 2025 Small Business Banking conference.
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The global financial services company is providing BaaS infrastructure to the digital asset branch of investment platform WisdomTree.
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JPMorgan's Ben Carpenter will join Evercore as a senior managing director; Wells Fargo appoints Jackie Krese to head syndications within its fund finance group; the SEC is probing Jefferies over its relationship to bankrupt auto parts supplier First Brands Group; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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