After Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in 2023, its remains were acquired by First Citizens Bancshares, which kept using the failed bank's name and logo. At the end of 2026, that's coming to an end.
The McLean, Virginia-based company continues to tout its willingness to invest in longer-term opportunities. Executives declined to provide a shorter-term expense forecast, and its stock price fell in after-hours trading.
An unpatched vulnerability in Anthropic's Model Context Protocol creates a channel for attackers, forcing banks to manage the third-party security risk.
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Banks must plan to support decentralized finance without disturbing their existing businesses. That's easier said than done.
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Tether launches a wallet, Rain issues a crypto card and MoneyGram extends stablecoin services in El Salvador. That and more in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.
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The card network and the video platform are issuing a credit card in the U.K. to address irregular compensation patterns for creators.
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Adam Cox led the wealth management division of a regional bank for 10 years. His lack of an ownership stake in the business he'd spent so much time building eventually drove him to seek independence.
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A consulting and M&A advisory firm presented six prospective sellers to 17 buyers, with striking results for any advisory teams tapping into a frothy M&A market.
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The annual Diamond Consultants advisor transition tracking study identified the winners and losers of 2025. But it also noted how quickly things can change.
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The addition of HELOCs at SoFi comes alongside the launch of a new advisory group, as the company heightens its focus on real estate lending.
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The Chicago-based homeowners received a $41,000 check to pay down a portion of their existing mortgage, freeing them from the lock-in effect, DREAM product provider Takara said.
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Some litigants are "knuckleheads" but others are real threats, and well-pleaded cases can easily cost companies millions of dollars, TCPA attorney Eric Troutman said.
Nir Zuk, who founded cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and retired from the firm last year, has applied to acquire voting shares in Liberty Bank, N.A.
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based regional bank said it's been executing on its strategic priorities and is consequently setting a new, higher target for a key profitability metric.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended cuts to the Community Development Financial Institution Fund in the president's 2027 budget, telling the Senate Appropriations Committee that the program had pursued a "partisan wish list."
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Portable mortgages are an interesting idea in theory, and might work well, if underwritten properly. But making existing mortgages portable on a retroactive basis would be both unworkable and unfair.
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As capital requirements on U.S. banks are relaxed, and regulatory oversight is pulled back, bankers remain ultimately responsible for managing the risk on their books. This will require drawing clear, internal lines of accountability.
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LendingClub has decided to rebrand itself as Happen Bank. What will happen to its ticker symbol?
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The London-based Wise has scheduled its U.S. debut for May 11, while Revolut is reportedly considering a U.S. or a dual listing in New York and London. Payment experts say the moves are a chance to draw investors and raise their profile in a relatively new but huge market.
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Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said bankers and economists are broadly against lowering interest rates now, given uncertainty from the Iran war.
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Banks are pushing back on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's draft of a five-year strategic plan, which includes a notable pullback from supervising nonbanks.
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U.S. banks must navigate conflicting signals as Iran's crypto toll demands and rising pig butchering scams exploit the same stablecoin and correspondent banking rails.
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The RTP rail joins FedNow and digital asset firms in the quest to add speed for cross-border settlement.
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