Daily edition for September 24, 2021

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Top Performing Banks
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Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.

July 24
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Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.

July 24
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Seven of the 20 top-performing banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets last year were based in Texas. But it's not about being bigger.

July 11
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NCUA Chairman Todd Harper

Billions in funds earmarked for credit unions under the Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program and other federal programs couldn’t be used to meet risk-based capital requirements without the proposed change.

September 23
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Saule Omarova is well-known in academic circles for her scholarship on financial policy, including a widely-cited 2009 paper on the regulatory history of the OCC and derivatives.

Saule Omarova supports allowing the Federal Reserve to hold customer deposits and is skeptical of big-bank M&A. While those views are unpopular in the industry, banking critics hailed the choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

September 23
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With an estimated $28.6 million in excess funding for 2021, the regulator chose to direct a portion of that sum to hiring and cyber protections.

September 23
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Digital Edition

Daily edition for September 24, 2021

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NCUA Chairman Todd Harper

Billions in funds earmarked for credit unions under the Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program and other federal programs couldn’t be used to meet risk-based capital requirements without the proposed change.

September 23
3 Min Read
Saule Omarova is well-known in academic circles for her scholarship on financial policy, including a widely-cited 2009 paper on the regulatory history of the OCC and derivatives.

Saule Omarova supports allowing the Federal Reserve to hold customer deposits and is skeptical of big-bank M&A. While those views are unpopular in the industry, banking critics hailed the choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

September 23
7 Min Read
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With an estimated $28.6 million in excess funding for 2021, the regulator chose to direct a portion of that sum to hiring and cyber protections.

September 23
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Stablecoins have gained traction with the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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.

July 30
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FDIC

Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.

June 25
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The CEO of First Northwest Bancorp is promising to fight a lawsuit claiming the lender helped a client perpetrate a Ponzi scheme that bilked a hedge fund out of more than $100 million.

June 16
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Most Influential Women in Payments honorees say the dramatic expansion in technology presents new opportunities and challenges as employers evolve away from traditional business models.

January 14
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Honorees from American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments discuss spotting tangible uses for innovation, rather than buying into hype.

January 10
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The Most Influential Women in Payments 2025 cover image: Yaminah Satterian, Jennifer Cruz, Sara Walsh and Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore

Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.

January 9
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