Top Performing Banks
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Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.

August 14
1 Min Read
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Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.

August 14
4 Min Read
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Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.

July 24
3 Min Read
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Acheson BankThink on new moves by Circle and Stripe
BankThink

Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

August 21
5 Min Read
Jonathan Gould

More nonbank digital asset firms are applying for national trust charters, a development that many banking organizations oppose due to what they say is inadequate oversight, lack of congressional intent and no FDIC backstop.

August 21
7 Min Read
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Acheson BankThink on new moves by Circle and Stripe
BankThink

Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

August 21
5 Min Read
Jonathan Gould

More nonbank digital asset firms are applying for national trust charters, a development that many banking organizations oppose due to what they say is inadequate oversight, lack of congressional intent and no FDIC backstop.

August 21
7 Min Read
Stablecoins have gained traction with the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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.

July 30
5 Min Read
FDIC

Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.

June 25
2 Min Read
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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.

June 16
3 Min Read
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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.

January 14
6 Min Read
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Honorees from American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments discuss spotting tangible uses for innovation, rather than buying into hype.

January 10
5 Min Read
The Most Influential Women in Payments 2025 cover image: Yaminah Satterian, Jennifer Cruz, Sara Walsh and Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore

Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.

January 9
1 Min Read
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