Roland Harbin of First Chatsworth Bankshares in Georgia is part of a trend of bank directors continuing to serve well beyond the traditional retirement age.
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 company is adopting the fast-growing language recognition technology to improve its billing, checkout and subscriptions offerings.
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Finzly was among the first fintechs to offer banks an API link to the Fed's instant-payments pilot last month, helping the firm hone its capabilities.
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John and Patrick Collison became two of the world's richest millennials over the past decade as Stripe's valuation surged more than 5,000% — an ascent emblematic of the easy-money era. It hasn't been so easy of late.
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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As the struggling economy makes saving for college that much harder, parents working with financial advisers are saving more for higher education than those who do not work with planners, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments.
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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards says it hopes to bridge the gap between advisers and people in their 20s, who are generally considered atypical financial planning clients.
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The company will pay $186 million for First Bank Lubbock in a deal that also includes mortgage unit PrimeWest Mortgage.
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The company has agreed to buy the operations of Veterans Mortgage in Salt Lake City.
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Two different credit unions have seen success offering new mobile functionalities that meet specific pain points for members.
The San Antonio-based lender is introducing new products targeted at borrowers who make less than 80% of their county's median income. The loans, which will qualify for Community Reinvestment Act credit, could help expand access to the state's increasingly expensive housing market.
Emerging clean technologies championed by the Biden administration — ones that commercial banks may be too risk-averse to back at the scale needed — stand to lose a critical funding source if Trump is elected.
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Global collaboration among researchers creates a network effect to share resources and spot threats, says Bugcrowd's Casey Ellis.
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From brokering insurance contracts to financial settlements, smart contracts could bring immense innovation to CBDCs that otherwise would act as little more than an augmented medium of exchange, says Cypherium's Sky Guo.
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Omnichannel models and self-ordering kiosks will be key to linking online ease with the in-store experience, and fundamental to making stores safer and more efficient during the pandemic and beyond, says TouchSuite's Sam Zietz.
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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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Erik Porter will succeed Lisa Oliver as president and CEO of the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod; Gary Hall and Sobani Warner are named co-presidents of Siebert Williams Shank; Faiz Ahmad and Mike Joo will lead Bank of America's global investment banking unit; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Bank of Glen Burnie, which is seeking to recover from a stretch when its assets declined, hopes that its deal for a residential lender can help boost loan production.
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Amid waning federal support for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions, a program launched by two banking trade groups is beginning to generate a steady stream of deposits for mission-focused lenders.
Federal Trade Commission data shows scam losses for adults 60+ have skyrocketed, with banks under pressure to strengthen protections.
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