Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said last week that it will slash the budget for its inspector general, spurring Senate Banking Committee Democrats to seek his testimony.
The 24th annual ranking of the 25 women whose leadership and innovation are radically changing banking.
Apollo's chief economist may be premature on the idea that AI agents will drive people into higher-rate savings products. But he's not that premature.
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Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute, discusses what to expect in the next year in the world of on-chain finance.
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The bank-owned payments company has been developing an interoperable payments network that will allow banks to clear and settle tokenized deposit transactions. It's targeting an early 2027 launch for the network, and is working toward an atomic future thanks to bank demand.
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OUSD, the new stablecoin from Open Standard, a consortium of more than 140 banks, fintechs, payments companies and crypto firms, has drawn interest, in part due to its shared economics model.
Discussions about what David Solomon's longtime heir apparent might do as CEO surfaced following news reports that Waldron could take over as soon as next year.
While the three largest lenders now offer VantageScore, Bank of America Securities says two agency pulls boosts consumers scores, no matter which model.
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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.
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OFG Bancorp, the parent company of Oriental Bank, has steadily climbed American Banker's rankings of the nation's top-performing banks. Here's how the Puerto Rican bank did it.
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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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The way we have traditionally measured access to banking services has become less and less useful in a world where nonbank financial services are increasingly used by consumers of all kinds.
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Many of the same signs that might have predicted the financial crisis nearly two decades ago are back, including sweeping deregulation, lax underwriting standards and opaque new financial products. We should proceed with caution.
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Because open banking models rely on the combination of usernames and passwords to identify customers, those who don't bank online are left out. The technology exists to solve that problem.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Financial Planning is seeking candidates under the age of 40 for its annual awards recognizing advisor employees at both wirehouse and regional firms for industry-leading production.
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Many wealthy retirees hesitate to spend their savings. Advisors share how budgeting and cash flow planning help clients enjoy their wealth.
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A proposal is meant to ensure advisors can trade client assets on a discretionary basis without triggering onerous custody requirements, while also giving them a self-custody option for crypto.
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The chief risk officer's oversight extends to the modernization of loan pricing and scoring, which the GSEs' oversight agency has been accelerating.
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The economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, far below economists expectations, though the unemployment rate remained steady, indicating softening in the labor market.
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Larger public companies' high-profile servicing acquisitions tend to get the spotlight, but the two top leaders in the Ginnie MSR market are quieter players currently run as private companies.
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The Independent Community Bankers of America argue in a new lawsuit that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is exceeding its statutory authority in granting trust charters to crypto companies.
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Thirty-seven percent of those making more than $500,000 live paycheck to paycheck, Goldman Sachs found, making this a problem for more than just lower-income workers.
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The new requirement could be announced by FHFA Director Bill Pulte as soon as Oct. 12, when he is scheduled to speak at a mortgage industry conference in Chicago, according to the person.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said Thursday that private credit does not seem to pose additional risks to the financial system at the moment, but added that more information about the opaque market is needed.
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FiCare asked a judge to stop Fiserv from using automated checks to lift fraud holds. Fiserv says the credit union could have turned on one-time passcodes.
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Structural change in banking is rarely defined by technology alone. Rather, leaders who know when to invest, where to modernize and which risks are worth taking are driving it.
The 23rd annual ranking of women leaders in the banking industry.
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