Darnell returns to Regions, after fintech-focused stints at Visa and a community bank acquired by Huntington, as the bank accelerates its branch opening plans.
The credit bureau's $638 million deal to buy the ID verification firm is its second M&A agreement in a little over a month to broaden its line of products and services that help customers combat fraudsters and identity thieves.
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The U.K. bank has completed a payment using the stablecoin alternative; while Revolut is trying to acquire Turkish neobank FUBS. Plus: execs tied to the Wirecard scandal are on their way to prison and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
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The bank is investing in Ubyx to help traditional financial institutions settle stablecoin payments and compete with nonbank fintechs.
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With fintechs and legal cases pressuring payment fees, the card companies are leaning more on revenue from other sources.
Banks' AI deployments will now be supervised by states and the companies themselves, experts say.
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The online brokerage sees its popular talking babies ads as a way to get tens of millions of viewers to think about how they might put their money to better use.
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The Providence, Rhode Island, company has recruited a head of wealth management advisors and a head of private wealth managers as part of a new strategy to reel in high-net worth clients.
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The North Carolina bank agreed to offload Sterling Capital Management to Guardian Capital Group in Toronto. It's the latest step in the effort to simplify Truist.
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The Seattle-based company's deal with Bank of America comes five weeks after the termination of its planned sale to FirstSun Capital Bancorp in Denver.
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The watchdog accuses Rocket Homes and The Mitchell Group brokerage of initiating a plan to generate origination business for Rocket Mortgage.
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Releasing the GSEs from government conservatorship is on the agenda for the incoming Trump administration. Doing so could threaten the 30-year fixed rate mortgage.
Just a handful of de novo banks opened in 2025. But there are signs of renewed activity, with eight banks currently actively in formation and more than 10 charter applications on file with the FDIC.
Houston developer Colony Ridge Development agreed to resolve allegations that it operated a bait-and-switch scheme targeting Hispanic immigrants that led to massive foreclosures.
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We don't need to reinvent banking to support cannabis. But we do need a clear, federally coordinated compliance framework tailored to the sector. That means establishing uniform standards.
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Excluded from the stablecoin revolution by law, banks deserve the opportunity to participate in the evolution of digital finance. Regulatory clarity on the treatment of tokenized deposits is an essential first step.
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The agency's announcement that it will consider debanking as part of Community Reinvestment Act examinations is the latest in a series of mystifying pivots by federal banking regulators.
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The conflict pushed oil price futures above $100 a barrel for a short time earlier this week, which affected bond investors and the 10-year Treasury yield.
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman outlined upcoming changes to the bank regulatory capital framework in a speech Thursday, focusing on streamlining bank capital requirements through Basel III and global systemically important bank surcharge rules.
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The bank-owned instant payment network has added a new use for its seldom-mentioned disbursement business.
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Noelle Acheson argues that banks' focus on deposit tokens rather than stablecoins is a clear example of the "innovator's dilemma" at work: few economic incentives to embrace the innovation happening at the periphery.
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The conflict with Iran has thrown volatility into bank stock prices, which is often the currency of dealmaking. "Stability is important to be able to do deals," one analyst said.
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Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Landmark Credit Union's planned takeover of American National Bank-Fox Cities is the second credit union-bank acquisition announced in 2026.
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Noelle Acheson argues that banks' focus on deposit tokens rather than stablecoins is a clear example of the "innovator's dilemma" at work: few economic incentives to embrace the innovation happening at the periphery.
The conflict with Iran has thrown volatility into bank stock prices, which is often the currency of dealmaking. "Stability is important to be able to do deals," one analyst said.
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