The National Credit Union Administration, operating with just one board member, has liquidated two credit unions that were recently put into conservatorship. The failures are the first credit union failures since Democrats on the board were fired, leaving Republican Chair Kyle Hauptman.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said global supply chain disruptions and inflation caused by tariffs could weigh heaviest on small businesses, especially those with little access to credit.
May 9
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The fintech's CEO told analysts during Thursday's earnings call that generative AI was taking search by storm and that investors "should absolutely expect us to have an answer for that."
May 8
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The Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's rules on bank mergers passed 52-47.
May 8
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The vote to invoke cloture on the Senate's stablecoin bill failed 48-49, delaying the final passage of the crypto legislation.
May 8
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Experts warn that stopping modern scams requires more than AI. It takes human oversight, customer engagement and cross-industry collaboration.
May 8
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The Dallas-based company's broker-dealer arm, Texas Capital Securities, has also made several recent hires as it continues to expand its capabilities.
May 8
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Customers expect fast loan approvals, CEO Brad Calhoun says, so the credit union now lets artificial intelligence decide who will get credit cards, auto loans and personal loans.
May 8
A team of ex-First Republic private bankers hopes to serve entrepreneurs who once worked with Silicon Valley Bank.
Starting at 4:30 p.m., the 22 large banks that were stress-tested by the Fed can release information about their plans for dividend increases and share repurchases.
The National Credit Union Administration, operating with just one board member, has liquidated two credit unions that were recently put into conservatorship. The failures are the first credit union failures since Democrats on the board were fired, leaving Republican Chair Kyle Hauptman.
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.
In a joint letter signed by over 50 bank trade groups, leaders in the banking industry urged regulators to revise bank regulatory thresholds upward to keep up with inflation.
Dime Community Bancshares, which has added dozens of bankers over the past two years, is now ready to consider expanding its geography.
The conviction of a fraud ring mastermind highlights growing risks in home equity lines of credit as equity-rich borrowers become prime targets.
The National Credit Union Administration, operating with just one board member, has liquidated two credit unions that were recently put into conservatorship. The failures are the first credit union failures since Democrats on the board were fired, leaving Republican Chair Kyle Hauptman.
In a joint letter signed by over 50 bank trade groups, leaders in the banking industry urged regulators to revise bank regulatory thresholds upward to keep up with inflation.
Dime Community Bancshares, which has added dozens of bankers over the past two years, is now ready to consider expanding its geography.
The conviction of a fraud ring mastermind highlights growing risks in home equity lines of credit as equity-rich borrowers become prime targets.
Alan Childs pleaded guilty to using straw borrowers and falsified loan records to help a timber businessman secure millions in fraudulent loans.
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.
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.
- Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says the Trump administration seems intent on shutting the agency down, even though it has a legal mandate to exist.Sponsored by IntraFi
- Crypto-as-a-service, stablecoins and tokenized deposits all present opportunities for banks, according to Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital.Sponsored by IntraFi
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The bureau's Tuesday afternoon announcement follows an earlier statement that it would walk back a rule that places buy now/pay later loans under the Truth in Lending Act's Regulation Z, a move that will ease compliance for fintechs that offer installment loans.
May 6
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Eliminating overdraft charges is Stearns Bank's latest move to limit fees that its customers pay. CEO Kelly Skalicky says deposit service fees aren't a good business model.
May 6
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House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., blocked a planned joint hearing on a crypto market structure bill amid concerns about the Trump family's conflicts of interest in cryptocurrency.
May 6
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The bank partnered with fraud prevention company Threat Fabric to create a taxonomy the companies hope will make it easier to communicate about fraud.
May 6
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The pending acquisition is one of several large deals involving payment companies in recent years as legacy firms look for combinations that can counter newer fintech rivals.
May 6
