Trevor Jones is a partner of the insurance practice for West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm. He is a strategic partner to P&C carrier and brokerage C-suites, fusing board-level vision with hands-on execution across underwriting, distribution, and claims.
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As the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Deposit Insurance Fund inches toward replenishment, acting Chair Travis Hill suggested that banks should be assessed on a range of metrics rather than insured deposits alone.
May 20
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Prepaid cards are finding new use cases in the hospitality industry, where tip disbursements have traditionally been cumbersome.
May 20
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Months after OceanFirst Financial settled federal redlining allegations, it received the highest possible Community Reinvestment Act rating from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. CEO Christopher Maher said the bank made a "significant effort" to introduce its lending products to markets it had recently entered via acquisition.
May 20
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A Northern California judge has ruled that Yotta must specify Synapse's role in alleged fraud, as well as details of the fraud.
May 20
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Seven of the 20 top-performing banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets last year were based in Texas. But it's not about being bigger.
The president's rush to weaponize trade policy is going to accelerate efforts by other countries to decrease their reliance on U.S.-based payments processors. That's not in the country's interest.
The credit bureau is working with Plaid to provide lenders with current and predictive cash-flow data for consumers that don't have an extensive credit record.
The removal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a viable regulator has thrown the doors open to the kind of unscrupulous behavior that triggered the last major financial crisis.
Trevor Jones is a partner of the insurance practice for West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm. He is a strategic partner to P&C carrier and brokerage C-suites, fusing board-level vision with hands-on execution across underwriting, distribution, and claims.
The president's rush to weaponize trade policy is going to accelerate efforts by other countries to decrease their reliance on U.S.-based payments processors. That's not in the country's interest.
The credit bureau is working with Plaid to provide lenders with current and predictive cash-flow data for consumers that don't have an extensive credit record.
The removal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a viable regulator has thrown the doors open to the kind of unscrupulous behavior that triggered the last major financial crisis.
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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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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Staking activities and stablecoins are two of the possible ways banks could have a role in decentralized finance, said Margaret Butler, head of the financial services practice at the law firm BakerHostetler and Kristiane Koontz, director of Treasury Services and Payments at Zions Bank, in interviews recorded at the Digital Banking Conference in June.
July 1
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The next generation of artificial intelligence can be a digitized always-on personal shopper, researcher and financial assistant, taking even the buzz of ChatGPT to another level. It's early in the game, but developers are looking for ways to gain an edge.
May 15
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The Ohio-based bank is launching services for middle-market companies across the new footprint, after making similar plays in the Carolinas and Texas.
May 15
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Banks scored well in the tax bill out of Ways and Means this week, with wins on S Corps and rural lending, but have so far lost out on credit union taxes and additional burdens on payments competitors.
May 15
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said tariffs could have an outsize impact on small businesses and hardships could outlive the trade policy debate.
May 15
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MainStreet Bancshares in Fairfax hopes investors will endorse its plan to refocus on basic community banking after shuttering its embedded banking unit. But a prominent shareholder is urging management to sell.
May 15
