Nashville-based FB Financial announced the opening of a new office in Asheville, North Carolina, a week after striking a $381 million deal for an Alabama-based community bank.
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Following President Donald Trump's executive order to protect banking services for crypto firms, lawmakers ask if banks or regulators are to blame.
February 11
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A survey of senior bank officers at community banks by fintech firm IntraFi found bankers nearly evenly divided on the idea of merging federal bank regulators, while an overwhelming 93% support maintaining agency independence.
February 11
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A rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington Monday afternoon boasted 17 lawmakers and roughly 600 attendees, organizers said, who were decrying Trump administration efforts to effectively shutter the bureau.
February 10
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India's central bank said it would issue domains ending in .bank.in, potentially conflicting with industry-led efforts to promote .bank domains.
February 10
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It was the largest U.S. transaction ever to instantly settle, following The Clearing House's new transaction ceiling that went into effect Sunday.
February 10
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
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.
Cathy Knepp leads HR at
One day after taking the helm as CEO, Gunjan Kedia was candid about the company's lagging stock price, telling analysts that she is "not happy" with it.
Chief Operating Officer Joseph Gormley's appointment fills out a thin executive team at the government corporation, which plays a key role in funding mortgages.
Nashville-based FB Financial announced the opening of a new office in Asheville, North Carolina, a week after striking a $381 million deal for an Alabama-based community bank.
Cathy Knepp leads HR at
One day after taking the helm as CEO, Gunjan Kedia was candid about the company's lagging stock price, telling analysts that she is "not happy" with it.
Chief Operating Officer Joseph Gormley's appointment fills out a thin executive team at the government corporation, which plays a key role in funding mortgages.
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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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.
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Staking activities and stablecoins are two of the possible ways banks could have a role in decentralized finance, said Margaret Butler, head of the financial services practice at the law firm BakerHostetler and Kristiane Koontz, director of Treasury Services and Payments at Zions Bank, in interviews recorded at the Digital Banking Conference in June.
July 1
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A federal appeals court in Texas has delayed the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business data reporting rule slated to go into effect in July. How the Trump administration proceeds from here could be instructive on its approach to other CFPB rules.
February 10
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The digital banking software provider recently received $160 million in funding and hopes to grow its bank client list as it upgrades product offerings.
February 10
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The Canadian bank plans to exit its 10.1% interest in the brokerage firm, allowing it to shore up capital and strategically shrink to adhere to penalties related to its historic compliance failures.
February 10
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McKernan, a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s board of directors, offered measured resistance to Biden-era bank regulation and led on a number of issues including cracking down on the influence of asset managers who hold stakes in FDIC-insured banks.
February 10
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Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought ordered bureau employees to "stand down" and perform no work, effective immediately.
February 10
