The Swedish financial institution has developed an open standard that allows merchants' products to be catalogued and discovered by AI agents. It was designed to complement Stripe and OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol.
The latest generation of anti-money-laundering software uses agentic AI to help alleviate AML alert fatigue. Experts say this use of the technology is promising, though they offer some caveats.
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The Swedish payments company ends months of speculation about whether Klarna would list. Analysts valued the company last month at about $14.6 billion.
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Credit Union Service Organizations such as Prizeout, have seen increased interest as credit unions get on board with automation.
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has scheduled a hearing on swipe fees for Nov. 19, but executives from Visa and Mastercard aren't among the confirmed witnesses for the lame duck hearing.
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The On the Rise Financial Center will provide consumers with affordable financial products and financial literacy training.
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Finra now has punished just one person associated with JPMorgan's admitted nationwide fiduciary violation of its clients: a whistleblower.
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The battle over screen scraping seems to be subsiding into a series of agreements between banks and fintechs using open APIs.
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From affordable housing policy to GSE conservatorship, the next president will wield a heavy influence on mortgage and housing policies.
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The coronavirus relief law allows forbearance plans for up to a year on federally backed mortgages, but House Democrats say homeowners have had difficulty getting relief.
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The Detroit lender disclosed that the consumer bureau had sent a civil investigative demand to Rocket Homes Real Estate for potential violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
Banks have used biometrics for about a decade, but there are a number of hurdles that banks, device makers and customers need to overcome before passwords are history.
The top five banks with the largest portfolios of home equity loans had more than $94 million in loans combined for the third quarter of last year.
The government measure of inflation for May ticked up modestly, adding to the signals that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to move on interest rates when it meets next month.
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The multiple potential applications of generative artificial intelligence to the financial services industry are a huge opportunity — for the institutions prepared to adapt.
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Too few lenders are underwriting unsecured consumer debt, which could help borrowers pay down credit card balances with little risk to lenders.
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The passage of a Congressional Review Act resolution to rescind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business data collection rule may be only symbolic, but the rule is designed to detect and stop discrimination — something everyone should support.
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The Financial Services Forum, which represents the largest U.S. banks, formed a new 501(c)(4) advocacy group to amplify big banks' policy preferences, a move that could counter the crypto industry's growing political influence.
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New research from American Banker explores how bankers predict stablecoins, subprime credit, cyber security and other factors will shape the industry at large.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said monetary policy must remain insulated from political pressure, arguing that communication with the White House should be limited. Waller is slated to meet with President Trump Wednesday afternoon.
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Bank groups, crypto firms and regulators are divided over whether fiduciary digital-asset custody fits naturally within the national trust charter model — or whether, as critics argue, the agency is quietly reinventing the charter.
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In a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing, lawmakers discussed a bill that would guarantee all legal industries and all individuals fair access to banking services.
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The de novo bank, which will serve participants in virtual currency markets, is putting the regulatory pieces in place for its planned 2026 launch.
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Recent weeks have seen a flurry of stablecoin risk reports from international finance institutions. Noelle Acheson deduces what's really going on here.
The largest bank deal to be announced in 2025 is still on track to close in the first quarter of next year, Fifth Third CEO Tim Spence said. His comments came amid opposition to various aspects of the deal, as well as how it came together and the timeline for closing the transaction.
The 23rd annual ranking of women leaders in the banking industry.
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