Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto G. Musalem said central bank autonomy leads to lower inflation and stable employment numbers. His comments come amid the Trump administration's attempt to remove a Fed board member for cause.
A TD Bank survey found a massive increase in the ranks of people who talk to ChatGPT about their finances. Ted Paris, the bank's head of AI, says banks still have an opportunity here.
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The neobank has added tools for payments, booking and other uses, while it's also receiving an influx of customers who fled Silicon Valley Bank.
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Retailers are increasingly working with banks to implement loyalty programs that keep the merchant in control — but which still encourage spending from a specific bank account.
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Stablecoin giant Circle is planning to locate its European headquarters in Paris, citing the crypto-friendly climate created by President Emmanuel Macron's government as instrumental to the decision.
A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.
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The court-appointed trustee overseeing the liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s broker-dealer business said the adoption of a "living will" could have prevented much of the chaos surrounding the company's historic collapse.
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Confidence among high-net-worth investors tumbled in August, according to a monthly survey by Spectrem Group.
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JPMorgan Chase get a new branch banking leader; Trump's anti-Wells tweet stokes concerns; blockchain, GSE survival, and more in this week's top stories.
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The company said it will lay off more than a dozen employees in a move that reflects the current volume of mortgage loan originations.
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The Obama administration had tried to ease restrictions on the Federal Housing Administration's condominium program, but the agency under President Trump is seen as moving more aggressively.
The San Francisco-based bank reported $13.1 billion in net interest income in the third quarter, up 8.3% from a year earlier, and raised its full-year guidance. Noninterest expenses rose more than expected, though, totaling $13.1 billion in the quarter.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra will be looking at whether automation accommodates or undermines potential savings from refinancing.
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Tokenization, click to pay and other advancements boost efficiency and safety, says the Electronic Payments Coalition's Jeff Tassey.
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Paying on delivery with tokenization, biometric fingerprint cards, vein scanning or phone-to-phone with a variety of card payment options helps create a universe of consumer choice, convenience, personal preference and better fraud protection, says Radar Payments' Jane Loginova.
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Banks are good at updating tech for customers but need to do it for staff
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Here's what industry experts have to say about a risk that a housing regulator has spotlighted through referrals that have led to high-level allegations.
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A recent bargaining session was interrupted when union representatives learned that a Wells executive who wasn't in the room could hear what was being said. The bank maintains that it was a simple mistake involving a Microsoft Team meeting that should have been disconnected, but union officials aren't buying that story.
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Scattered Spider, a cybercrime gang whose targets include banks, has seen five of its members arrested for SIM-swapping and phishing schemes that stole millions.
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Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty about consumer-data rights and the prospect of higher fees for customer information, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Synapse $1 for its role in a $60 million to $90 million shortfall in fintech users' accounts.
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A federal appeals court granted the government's request to pause a ruling that briefly restored Democratic National Credit Union Administration board members Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, leaving the regulator with a single board member pending appeal.
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A headline-grabbing 2022 lawsuit alleging racial bias by home appraisers has been quietly dismissed for lack of evidence. At the same time, the Trump administration is rolling back many of the policy changes involving home appraisals that the Biden administration put in place.
With its acquisition of a Cleveland-area bank still in the works, the Cincinnati-based bank struck a deal that would provide its first retail presence in Chicago.
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