Noelle Acheson looks at recent proposals to allow payment institutions access to central bank liquidity, and what this could mean for both banking and economic resilience.
Banks typically respond to pending regulations with a mixture of fear and dread, but new cybersecurity requirements being developed by the banking agencies may be met with relief.
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The payments company is pulling Cash out of the U.K. as it tries to expand the peer-to-peer app in the U.S.; firms in Hong Kong and Australia try to make stablecoin transactions global; and more.
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Sen. Richard Blumethal, D-Conn., chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, asked bankers whether the Electronic Funds Transfer Act should be updated to include scams that involve authorized fund transfers.
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A federal judge recently rejected an agreement on transaction fees, ensuring that a multi-year battle between the credit card companies and merchants will continue. Ryan McInerney vented during Tuesday's earnings call.
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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The latest in BBVA Compass' ventures with fintech companies will bring it a simpler way to offer investment advice to the millions of households that typically don't qualify for it.
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Johnson Financial Group in Racine, Wis., has agreed to buy the wealth management business of Cleary Gull Advisors.
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First Republic Bank in San Francisco has appointed Katherine August-deWilde to the newly created position of vice chair.
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A tough fourth quarter seemed to foreshadow challenges in the year ahead for the nation’s fifth-largest bank.
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Despite changes by the Federal Housing Administration, bankers remain reluctant to join the program for fear of legal liability. But that could change if it revamps servicing processes, experts say.
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Lower rates and more nonbank competition will make it harder for banks to keep loans on their books as business borrowers have plenty of opportunities to refinance elsewhere.
Other acquisitive executives, however, say that interest rate cuts have hastened already-active deal discussions, as more banks seek scale and business line diversity.
As Trump loomed over the election, Mark Carney told supporters he would focus on strengthening Canada's economic independence, including making the nation into an "energy superpower."
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Synthetic fraud — which combines real and false identifying information — has been a niche variety of identity theft for some time. But recent advancements in artificial intelligence and people's access to it might bring it into the mainstream in a big way.
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Banks know what they're looking for. Here are key ways to show them that you can bring it to the table.
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California's bid to regulate EWA programs as though they are loans would harm workers, companies and the state's economy.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to transfer its entire enforcement and legal divisions to the Department of Justice and is likely to staff in those units, according to sources briefed by agency leadership.
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American Banker and Best Companies Group are preparing the latest annual ranking of fintech companies that keep their employees happy.
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Investigators found text messages, photos of cash and a conspirator wearing a diamond Truist logo ring while unraveling the $1 million fraud attempt.
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The credit score firm partnered with Plaid to bring additional cash-flow data into its previously released UltraFICO score.
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Reskilling and giving AI the boring work are two approaches banks take to making agentic AI palatable to workers who may fear that bots will take their jobs.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, citing several studies, outlined her concerns Thursday that generative AI could be used to manipulate markets, and regulators have not yet thought through how to police such activity.
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Airlines and hotel chains are taking advantage of the banking-as-a-service model and favorable debit interchange regulations offered to bank issuers with under $10 billion in assets to bring debit card rewards back to market after they all but disappeared following the so-called Durbin Amendment.
Following the new GENIUS Act, BNY's fund provides a regulated vehicle for stablecoin reserves, distinct from its separate tokenization projects.
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