The application follows on the heels of Circle and Wise, as crypto and payment companies seek crypto custody approval and direct access to the Federal Reserve payment system.

July 2
3 Min Read
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Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.

July 24
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Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.

July 24
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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.

July 11
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Hilani Kerr

Hilani Kerr leads the wealth and distribution platforms at Zinnia, applying 20 years of leadership across Wells Fargo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Porticoes Capital to embed insurance and wealth solutions into unified financial strategies and broaden access to those products to all clients. 

GenAI and Multi-Layered Security: How Banks Can Fight the Digital Transformation of Fraud
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Listen to Gasan Awad, SVP, Fraud Director, Enterprise Fraud Product Management at PNC Bank, Chris Briggs, Chief Product Officer at Mitek and Jay Leal, CIO at Vantage Bank.

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The credit union regulator, responding to a recent executive order, has established strict new standards for prosecuting financial crimes. Regulators are now supposed to make criminal referrals only in cases where putative defendants appear to have known they were breaking the law.

July 2
3 Min Read

The application follows on the heels of Circle and Wise, as crypto and payment companies seek crypto custody approval and direct access to the Federal Reserve payment system.

July 2
3 Min Read
Hilani Kerr

Hilani Kerr leads the wealth and distribution platforms at Zinnia, applying 20 years of leadership across Wells Fargo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Porticoes Capital to embed insurance and wealth solutions into unified financial strategies and broaden access to those products to all clients. 

GenAI and Multi-Layered Security: How Banks Can Fight the Digital Transformation of Fraud
Video
Video

Listen to Gasan Awad, SVP, Fraud Director, Enterprise Fraud Product Management at PNC Bank, Chris Briggs, Chief Product Officer at Mitek and Jay Leal, CIO at Vantage Bank.

40 Min Read
NCUA HQ (4)

The credit union regulator, responding to a recent executive order, has established strict new standards for prosecuting financial crimes. Regulators are now supposed to make criminal referrals only in cases where putative defendants appear to have known they were breaking the law.

July 2
3 Min Read
Stablecoins have gained traction with the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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.

July 30
5 Min Read
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Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.

June 25
2 Min Read
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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.

June 16
3 Min Read
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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.

January 14
6 Min Read
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Honorees from American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments discuss spotting tangible uses for innovation, rather than buying into hype.

January 10
5 Min Read
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Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.

January 9
1 Min Read
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