President Trump suggested his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year.
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The union representing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees said in a court filing that the Trump administration's actions to reduce the agency's workforce and cut spending violate the law.
February 28
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The company, whose software tests AI-based lending models for bias and fairness, is receiving $10 million.
February 28
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The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation index showed little progress toward its target of 2%, increasing the likelihood of a prolonged rate pause.
February 28
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A study sponsored by America's Credit Unions finds that removing credit unions' tax-exempt status could raise consumer costs by $234.6 billion over 10 years, hurt GDP and result in job losses.
February 28
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Ryan Donovan, the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks' CEO, foresees affordable housing mandates becoming more focused on home supply than demand.
February 27
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.
Banks that think they can compete in the stablecoin space are making a huge mistake. The smart move would be to upgrade infrastructure to allow assets to move between banks and crypto accounts seamlessly.
Global fintech funding broke $10 billion in the first quarter of 2025 due to increased investment in artificial intelligence and digital asset funding rounds like the $2 billion Binance deal.
As the president's policy changes on a dime, machine learning can quickly alter strategies for compliance, payments and supply-chain management.
President Trump suggested his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year.
Banks that think they can compete in the stablecoin space are making a huge mistake. The smart move would be to upgrade infrastructure to allow assets to move between banks and crypto accounts seamlessly.
Global fintech funding broke $10 billion in the first quarter of 2025 due to increased investment in artificial intelligence and digital asset funding rounds like the $2 billion Binance deal.
As the president's policy changes on a dime, machine learning can quickly alter strategies for compliance, payments and supply-chain management.
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 New York bank will integrate ChatGPT Enterprise with its existing large language model framework, Eliza.
February 27
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Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is introducing a bill limiting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unfair, deceptive or abusive acts and practices authority and another limiting its ability to issue investigative subpoenas.
February 27
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Banks' latest annual reports, filed in the early weeks of the second Trump administration, provide a window into how the industry is adjusting to a new political climate.
February 27
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Lawmakers and regulators are cracking down on banks closing consumer accounts, but neither banks nor regulators have hard numbers on how big of a problem debanking really is — or why accounts are closed.
February 27
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The changing of the guard at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and hope among bankers for mergers and acquisitions activity are popular items this month.
February 27
