From credit bureaus to software providers, 2025 saw attackers bypass bank defenses by targeting the supply chain and using social engineering.
The services that Kasisto, Personetics, North Side and Teller offer banks to automate interactions vary in their levels of personality and the workload they can handle.
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New bureau research digs into the fees that bettors get charged when they use credit cards to fund gambling accounts.
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Cross-border person-to-person payments are vital to the survival of millions of vulnerable people. Right now, fees eat away at their money, and slow processing times create unnecessary stress. The financial services industry and partners in government can fix this problem.
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Myriad payment innovations are cutting into old-school cash payments, changing how funds are accessed, spent and received for purposes ranging from in-store payments to accessing disaster recovery funds. Will these changes bring new communities into banking, or will it leave them behind?
With scammers steadily improving their techniques, CO-OP Financial Services is starting to offer artificial intelligence to police transactions initiated by online, mobile and other connected devices.
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Two popular personal financial management apps are being shut down this week. But optimism remains about banks' investing in PFM tools — so long as they rethink a technology that has failed to win over the masses.
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With the deadline for a federal-debt-limit renewal nearly a month away, bankers are dreading the prospect of higher funding costs, strained liquidity, weaker commercial loan demand and other ramifications if Washington does not act.
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Big banks north of the border are rapidly expanding their U.S. wealth divisions, competing with their stateside peers for higher-income clientele.
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The post was vacant since Kristy Fercho left to run Wells Fargo Home Loans in July.
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The Senate Banking Committee met Wednesday to review central bank lending facilities such as the Main Street Lending Program, which provides bank-issued loans to middle-market firms. But some lawmakers on the panel said the focus of pandemic relief has been misplaced.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency's proposal could undermine the companies’ mission to support the housing market and penalize consumers in underserved communities, industry and consumer groups say.
The Green Bay, Wisconsin bank lost $164 million after selling $2 billion of loans and securities for a loss. Asset quality remains strong while the balance-sheet restructuring tees Associated up for a strong rebound this year, executives say.
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. has applied for an industrial loan company charter, joining General Motors and Ford in hoping for better prospects for approval under the Trump administration.
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The former treasurer of FMC Corp. worries that the proposed new capital rules will translate into higher costs for corporate borrowers and reduced access to key types of financing options.
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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the financial services industry should take the opportunity to step up for survivors.
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The leader of the Financial Services Forum takes issue with a recent BankThink article that challenged the industry's claims about proposed rules for implementing the Basel endgame capital requirements.
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Some consumers have been waiting a year and a half to get their money back.
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Ida Liu, who resigned from Citi earlier this year, will join HSBC on Jan. 5 as the CEO of the private bank. Liu will be tasked with accelerating the growth of the private bank "at a defining moment for wealth," she said in a LinkedIn post.
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Once its second deal in less than three years closes midway through 2026, the Alexandria-based company will operate more than 100 branches and hold $11 billion in assets.
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The bank technology company is adding offices in the U.S. and India as part of its quest to reach clients outside of its U.K. home base.
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The Swedish financial institution has developed an open standard that allows merchants' products to be catalogued and discovered by AI agents. It was designed to complement Stripe and OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol.
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The card networks have entered a series of partnerships in Europe and Asia amid signs of growing demand and Apple's waning control over the underlying technology.
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