The Texas attorney general has accused WEX Bank of "debanking" a firearm supplier, but the Maine-based bank said it does not discriminate against any industry.
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Capital One's acquisition of Discover brings it to the top of the ranking.
May 22
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The credit-card issuer, which recently closed its acquisition of Discover, hopes to become a true competitor with Visa and Mastercard. It won't happen right away, but analysts expect a large potential payoff if the multiyear push goes well.
May 22
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The House Financial Services Committee passed bills to expedite bank merger review, limit the use of reputational risk in bank examinations and imposing timelines for supervisory determinations.
May 21
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As private credit tops $1 trillion, Fed researchers warn bank exposure to the sector could spark systemic risk if defaults spike.
May 21
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Five years after the pandemic forced banks to switch to online annual meetings, shareholders are growing frustrated by the lack of in-person options. Some wonder if they'll ever again be in the same room as boards and management teams.
May 21
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.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.
Vance Ginn is president of Ginn Economic Consulting, host of the Let People Prosper Show, and formerly chief economist of the first Trump White House's Office of Management and Budget from June 2019 to May 2020. He holds a doctorate in economics.
Der Spiegel and other European publications say the company continued to serve porn sites and money launderers even after regulators cracked down on it.
The Texas attorney general has accused WEX Bank of "debanking" a firearm supplier, but the Maine-based bank said it does not discriminate against any industry.
Pulaski Savings Bank's failure will cost the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund 57.6% of its total assets.
Vance Ginn is president of Ginn Economic Consulting, host of the Let People Prosper Show, and formerly chief economist of the first Trump White House's Office of Management and Budget from June 2019 to May 2020. He holds a doctorate in economics.
Der Spiegel and other European publications say the company continued to serve porn sites and money launderers even after regulators cracked down on it.
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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The online-only bank and its payments partner are making fresh progress in the often stodgy and slow-moving (but steady) area of automated clearinghouse
May 19
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Troy Rohrbaugh, co-CEO at JPMorgan's commercial and investment bank, says volatility set off by President Donald Trump's policy announcements continues to chill deals.
May 19
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said the central bank is in the "early stages" of enabling banks to pledge assets to both the Federal Home Loan bank and discount window liquidity facilities.
May 19
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"I worry a lot about the inflation side, and mainly because we're seeing expectations move in a troublesome way," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said.
May 19
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Breaking into a new industry can be daunting, especially in a field as complex as banking. Here's how experts recommend getting started.
May 19
