The International Monetary Fund lowered its economic growth projections for 2025, citing policy uncertainty. It also urged central banks to stand ready to use macroprudential tools to facilitate lending in a potential recession.
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Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought ordered bureau employees to "stand down" and perform no work, effective immediately.
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Ramp, NerdWallet and Rocket all released commercials at this year's Super Bowl where the Eagles defeated two-time reigning champions the Chiefs.
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Courts are litigating the question of whether Elon Musk has the authority to assign DOGE employees to positions that grant them access to sensitive data.
February 10 -
Leading Republican lawmakers released two similar stablecoin bills last week, legislation that the White House wants finished quickly. Here are four issues banks need to watch as the bills move forward.
February 10 -
President Donald Trump has recruited Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk to streamline parts of the government. Their styles and experience could not be more different.
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Since August, Truist, KeyCorp and Goldman Sachs have granted one-time stock awards to certain executives they want to keep in place. One analyst wants shareholders to reject the bonuses, while consultants say there are valid reasons for banks to make the awards.
February 10 -
Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the agency's headquarters for a week.
February 9
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Deven Sanghavi has completed his bachelor's in accounting from the University of Mumbai and a master's in finance from CUNY Baruch College. He brings strong experience in the field of public accounting by having worked at a Big Four firm. He currently is working in an investment firm.
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., led a group of Democrats in challenging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the current state of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
The International Monetary Fund lowered its economic growth projections for 2025, citing policy uncertainty. It also urged central banks to stand ready to use macroprudential tools to facilitate lending in a potential recession.
Deven Sanghavi has completed his bachelor's in accounting from the University of Mumbai and a master's in finance from CUNY Baruch College. He brings strong experience in the field of public accounting by having worked at a Big Four firm. He currently is working in an investment firm.
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., led a group of Democrats in challenging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the current state of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
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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TD has been adjusting its balance sheet to comply with a cap on its U.S. retail banking assets, imposed last year as part of its money-laundering plea.
February 10 -
Leading Republican lawmakers released two similar stablecoin bills last week, legislation that the White House wants finished quickly. Here are four issues banks need to watch as the bills move forward.
February 10 -
President Donald Trump has recruited Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk to streamline parts of the government. Their styles and experience could not be more different.
February 10 -
Since August, Truist, KeyCorp and Goldman Sachs have granted one-time stock awards to certain executives they want to keep in place. One analyst wants shareholders to reject the bonuses, while consultants say there are valid reasons for banks to make the awards.
February 10 -
Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the agency's headquarters for a week.
February 9