A federal judge has ordered a staff member of the Department of Government Efficiency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top lawyer to appear at an evidentiary hearing next week.
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The heads of both the House and Senate banking committees introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to undo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overdraft rule, a measure that only needs a simple majority in both chambers to pass.
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North American banks face heightened anti-money laundering scrutiny and a few related variables will determine whether or not this leads to more mortgage sales.
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Plenty, a finance app for couples, shifted from subscriptions to an investment advisory fee-based model to differentiate from other couples-focused fintechs.
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While Freddie Mac's weekly survey showed 30-year rates falling, other indicators paint a mixed picture for mortgage lenders and borrowers.
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Foreclosure filings increased 7% in January from December, which could be a housing market starting to experience trouble, or a post-holiday return to normal.
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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.
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Capital One outlined some of its to-do items as it integrates with Discover, which include long-haul investments in technology, global marketing and risk management.
The Evansville, Indianapolis-based company now expects to complete its $1.4 billion acquisition of Bremer Financial in Minnesota on May 1, instead of mid-year.
A federal judge has ordered a staff member of the Department of Government Efficiency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top lawyer to appear at an evidentiary hearing next week.
Capital One outlined some of its to-do items as it integrates with Discover, which include long-haul investments in technology, global marketing and risk management.
The Evansville, Indianapolis-based company now expects to complete its $1.4 billion acquisition of Bremer Financial in Minnesota on May 1, instead of mid-year.
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.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other independent agencies will likely need to identify positions not explicitly required by law under a new Trump administration executive order aimed at downsizing the federal workforce.
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For the first time since the Eaton Fire erupted more than a month ago, Altadena has a bank branch that's open for business.
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A House Financial Services Committee spokesperson said the committee will hold its required semiannual hearing with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director after nominee Jonathan McKernan is confirmed rather than with interim director Russell Vought.
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The money-transfer company's move came after the U.S. State Department last week renewed sanctions against the island nation. That, plus Klarna and Standard Chartered get bullish on crypto; Trump's not the first politician to rail at pennies; and other international payments and fintech news.
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FIS' debit-processing bank clients will soon be able to integrate Affirm's pay-over-time products into existing digital banking infrastructure. For Affirm, it means even more potential BNPL transactions.
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