President Donald Trump's executive order severely limiting the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund has thrown the industry into confusion as financial companies try to quantify the damage.
A TD Bank survey found a massive increase in the ranks of people who talk to ChatGPT about their finances. Ted Paris, the bank's head of AI, says banks still have an opportunity here.
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Mastercard and MetaBank are helping the earned wage access provider Clair overhaul its technology platform and service offering.
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Wells Fargo is opting to keep its private-label credit card unit after reaching out to potential buyers last year, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Fraudsters have increasingly targeted financial services, online dating sites and social media since the end of the holiday season.
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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Second-to-die life insurance, or survivorship insurance, was mainly intended for one purpose: Pay any estate taxes for nonspouse heirs over the estate tax exemption.
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BNY Mellon Asset Management's acquisition of fund units in London and Australia is part of its strategy to expand "opportunistically" overseas — including potentially in Asia — as competitors contract, a top officer says.
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Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC, a Newport Beach, Calif., unit of Allianz Group, launched the Pimco Unconstrained Tax Managed Bond Fund.
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While San Francisco had the biggest improvement in affordability for prices today versus 2019, Hartford remains in a very deep freeze, First American said.
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Home prices increased 0.9% year-over-year and 0.1% month-over-month in January, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller national home price index.
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Stock prices jumped notably following the billionaire and legacy GSE investor's comment indicating Fannie and Freddie have been "stupidly cheap."
Participants in the sale of banks to credit unions may need to do a better job of due diligence and gauging the receptivity of their regulators to such deals, experts say in response to the cancellation of VyStar Credit Union's agreement to buy Heritage Southeast Bank.
Recent deposit flows raise questions about the Fed's support for these funds through its overnight lending facility, and whether that support is doing more harm than good.
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As the CFPB moves closer to updating its debt collection regulations, revising restrictions on phone calls and other communications with consumers must be a priority.
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While a majority of business payments are still made by checks, faster payments and increased cash flows will pressure a move to digital options, contends UMB's Brian Hutchin.
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Failure to recognize the importance of artificial intelligence, mobile banking and other evolving technology would be a serious misstep.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced new state legislation to ban unfair and abusive business practices, giving state regulators broader authority to crack down on consumer abuses.
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Hackers breached the New York community bank's cybersecurity walls in 2022, drawing regulatory scrutiny and causing its CEO to resign.
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While often used to describe a digital asset that hedges against cryptocurrency's volatility, the reality of stablecoins is much more complex.
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Both consumers and banks reported that the rate of fraud and scams has steadied, according to Fincen and FTC data, but the total cost continued rising.
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A much-anticipated stablecoin bill advanced to the full Senate in an 18-6 vote, giving it a promising path to pass with 60 votes. But amendments banks favored were shut out of the markup.
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The software helps identify and investigate crime, then writes a recommendation.
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Following President Donald Trump's executive order to protect banking services for crypto firms, lawmakers ask if banks or regulators are to blame.
A survey of senior bank officers at community banks by fintech firm IntraFi found bankers nearly evenly divided on the idea of merging federal bank regulators, while an overwhelming 93% support maintaining agency independence.
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