Customers expect fast loan approvals, CEO Brad Calhoun says, so the credit union now lets artificial intelligence decide who will get credit cards, auto loans and personal loans.
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Among the resignations are Mark McArdle, who was instrumental in creating the Qualified Mortgage rule, and Operations Chief of Supervision David Bleicken. It is unclear if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will hire anyone to succeed them.
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The Trump administration's attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs raises the question: Will big banks continue their support of minority depository institutions?
March 10 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reversed policies on crypto banking, withdrawing its guidance on custody, stablecoin reserves and risk management requirements.
March 7 -
The Trump administration intended to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through a mass workforce reduction, which could be a smoking gun in a court battle with the bureau's union.
March 7 -
The multitrillion-dollar global market has opportunities and potential pitfalls for banks.
March 7 -
First Busey finalized its acquisition of CrossFirst Bankshares; American Express agreed to buy expense management firm Center; Valley National Bank appointed a new president of commercial banking and a new CFO; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
March 7 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the need for patience amid uncertainty over the Trump administration's policies, saying there would be no immediate rate changes but that the Fed would proceed carefully.
March 7
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Micky Marshall is assistant vice president and regulatory counsel for the Independent Community Bankers of America.
Dominic Piscopo, CPA, is the founder of
The neobank reported a 47% increase in revenue in the first three months of the year.
Customers expect fast loan approvals, CEO Brad Calhoun says, so the credit union now lets artificial intelligence decide who will get credit cards, auto loans and personal loans.
Micky Marshall is assistant vice president and regulatory counsel for the Independent Community Bankers of America.
Dominic Piscopo, CPA, is the founder of
The neobank reported a 47% increase in revenue in the first three months of the year.
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.
Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.
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.
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.
Honorees from American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments discuss spotting tangible uses for innovation, rather than buying into hype.
Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.

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The banks have invested in gen AI and embedded finance, respectively.
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John Buran shares how his New York bank and its small business customers are faring with tariff uncertainty — and how some have quickly changed suppliers and modified business plans — in the latest American Banker podcast.
July 15
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The company lets business owners comingle personal and business finances in one app.
March 6 -
A pair of Congressional Review Act resolutions directed at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overdraft and larger participant rules are expected to make it to President Donald Trump's desk.
March 6 -
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the president is likely to defer his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for all goods and services covered by the North American trade agreement.
March 6 -
The chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions will reintroduce a bill at noon today designed to speed up the bank merger review process.
March 6 -
Ahead of a court hearing, the top lawyer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says he ordered supervisory staff to get back to work. But examiners and supervisors are disputing that work is being done, noting that travel credit cards have been cut off.
March 6