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.
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The Swedish buy now/pay later provider and the San Jose, California-based payments system separately launched payment cards in an effort to bring their digital finance offerings to brick-and-mortar stores and compete with established credit card issuers.
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Brian Minick, who is in charge of cybersecurity for the bank, shared important cyber insights at an American Banker conference this week.
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In today's digital landscape, small businesses expect more than basic banking.
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The state of financial wellness in America is often a hotly debated issue and has been a catalyst for innovation.
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How consumer expectations are evolving. Subscriptions are everywhere
June 3
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 stablecoin issuer's initial public offering is widely seen as a bellwether for the cryptocurrency industry at large. Circle's stock traded as high as $95.98 midday Thursday, nearly triple its $31-a-share pricing.
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The payments company hopes to build its brand outside of its U.K. home base while attracting a deeper investor pool.
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Banks that are financing the rise of nonbank competitors have been losing market share in commercial lending. But by getting in on the action, the same banks are also seeing some payoff.
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The Senate voted to confirm Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman's nomination to be the vice chair for supervision at the central bank in a 48-46 party-line vote.
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The first-of-its-kind growth restriction established a new precedent for how regulators can address a broken bank culture. With scant information about why the cap was lifted, the action provides little clarity on what Wells did right — or what the Fed did wrong.
June 4