Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's second press conference last week, and bankers may have to accept higher rates as the price of a more parsimonious Fed.
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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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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $2-$10 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.
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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list, based on 2025 data from Capital Performance Group.
Consumers increasingly trust third-party AI tools nearly as much as their own bank, according to recent survey data. Industry experts lay out what banks need to do now to keep their edge.
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How J.P. Morgan Payments is dealing with smart contracts and using a public blockchain.
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The social media app has partnered with Cross River to manage tasks such as compliance and deposit insurance. But fintech experts say more work is needed before X can threaten traditional banks.
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The remittance company and stablecoin payments platform Rain are launching Stablecard, a digital wallet and Visa secured credit card backed by Western Union's stablecoin, the U.S. Dollar Payment Token, or USDPT.
The Treasury's financial crime prevention arm said the Swiss firm's U.S. brokerage wing largely ignored a 2018 consent order to clean up its anti-money-laundering processes, leading to the historic settlement announced early in August.
Opponents argued that Provident Bank, which bought Lakeland in 2024, had yet to disburse millions of dollars remaining on a mortgage subsidy fund.
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If the Federal Reserve wants to keep the U.S. dollar competitive in the 21st century it must move boldly to declare dollar-backed stablecoins equivalent to other forms of money.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins' effort to rein in the agency's bureaucrats is a welcome move. However, hundreds of firms damaged by unconstitutional prosecutions deserve public exoneration.
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The Fed chair attributed recent rising bond yields to a strong economy. However, investors are probably also responding to other factors, including Warsh's own comments about potential changes to inflation measures.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Brokerages are too dependent on the billions they make every year from clients' uninvested cash, industry analysts say. LPL is responding with a long-term review of its pricing.
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Two presentations at The American College of Financial Services' CAAFP discussed how successful careers in the industry require both technical and emotional skills.
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One advisor calls the expected transfer a mirage; others say it may simply unfold more slowly and require more intentional planning.
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The competitive and controversial leader, who will stay on the board, oversaw rapid growth but also a massive downsizing, and a notorious mass firing over Zoom.
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The deal bolsters Zions' ability to serve multifamily customers and creates a natural extension of its affordable housing lending program, management said.
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The investment is expected to bring a 40% increase to Chase Home Lending's mortgage capacity, with the addition of 850 new advisors, the company said.
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Big banks, including San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, are eager to defend themselves from the competitive threat posed by stablecoins, analysts say.
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RIA owners may feel a "moral dilemma" when considering selling their firms to private equity-backed acquirers. But that didn't prevent PE involvement from reaching a record high in M&A deals in the second quarter.
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Trust protectors can help protect against irresponsible trustees and other dicey situations that could put grantors' wishes at risk, estate lawyers say.
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In a webinar last week, Humanity Labs CEO Andrei Pop discussed "the transformative power" he said Mariner's new AI workforce will bring to the firm.
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The card network closed on a $1.8 billion deal to acquire a company that connects digital currencies and traditional money, a key bridge as more non-crypto natives embrace digital assets.
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