The consumer protection agency told a Kentucky court it wants to re-examine the issues around the way bank customer data is shared with fintechs through data aggregators.
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Business First Bancshares CEO Jude Melville and Progressive Bancorp head George Cummings are both second-generation bank CEOs — common ground that helped propel an $83 million merger deal.
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A district court judge this week has denied allowing four groups — the American Fintech Council, Financial Data and Technology Association, Financial Health Network and Public Citizen — to file legal briefs in support of a rule on financial data rights.
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The bank worked with Atomic to embed the digital payroll deposit manager into its mobile banking app.
July 8 -
French bank BNP Paribas is launching a U.K. fintech incubator that will host generative AI startups that have developed applications for banks.
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Joe Heck, Zip Co.'s U.S. CEO, spoke with American Banker about recent criticisms of the BNPL industry as more consumers turn to it for purchases both big and small.
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The parent company of Wayne Bank said it would buy PB Bankshares for $54.9 million in cash and stock.
July 8 -
The move their regulator Bill Pulte announced introduces competition for one metric but charges from three credit bureaus will remain in place.
July 8
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan granted the National Fair Housing Alliance a temporary restraining order which requires HUD to resume distribution of enforcement funds.
The CDFI Fund has yet to announce and disburse awards for five programs, even though applications closed months ago, the lawmakers said in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.
The legislation would direct the department to assess the federal government's ability to respond to a host of systemic challenges including war, pandemic and financial crisis.
Despite a deregulatory push under Trump, cannabis banking remains hindered by legal uncertainty. The path forward under the current administration is not much clearer than under the last, but some cannabis banking experts are cautiously optimistic.
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan granted the National Fair Housing Alliance a temporary restraining order which requires HUD to resume distribution of enforcement funds.
The CDFI Fund has yet to announce and disburse awards for five programs, even though applications closed months ago, the lawmakers said in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.
The legislation would direct the department to assess the federal government's ability to respond to a host of systemic challenges including war, pandemic and 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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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.
July 15
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Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares would pad its margin as Louisiana's largest state-chartered bank with an all-stock deal for Progressive Bancorp.
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The volunteer firefighting crew in Kerr County was the target of impersonation scams on the digital payments platform for donations to relief efforts.
July 7 -
New research from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and San Francisco says markets put the odds of zero interest rates lower today than in the recent past, but economic uncertainty raises the potential for drastic cuts in the "medium to long term."
July 7 -
The show business-themed restaurant, which benefited from a federal loan near the start of the pandemic, says it now owes millions thanks to the Miami-based bank's "fraud, negligence, and misrepresentations." A BankUnited spokesperson declined to comment.
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This could be the second year in a row that the market for U.S. bank preferred shares has shrunk, something that hasn't happened since the lenders were replacing obsolete capital after the global financial crisis.
July 7