First Federal Bank stretched its retail mortgage operations into Louisiana and Mississippi, following its expansion into the Midwest and Arizona in 2023.
The question is more than academic. At stake is the role blockchain technology can play in lowering the costs of raising money.
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The e-commerce giant has added payment and credit products, though it faces heavy competition from banks and other tech firms. Also, Stripe's layoffs and other news from the world of payments.
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The bank is among traditional financial institutions attempting to counter the gains rivals have made in buy now/pay later.
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CEO Richard Fairbank told analysts executives have their "microscopes" out for any signs of trouble, but consumers remain "in a great place."
In experimenting with a chatbot on its mobile app, TD Bank will have to tackle the same issue facing several of its rivals — how to automate conversations with consumers and decide at what point it’s time to switch to a human.
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Tim Welsh has spent his first two months on the job thinking about how to make U.S. Bank as central to consumers’ lives as Amazon, develop new personal financial management services, and expand into new cities.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's first "National Financial Well-Being Survey" found that a large slice of consumers experience financial hardship.
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Charles Schwab was founded to open up Wall Street to the masses, and Marie Chandoha has embraced that mission.
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The company is looking to tap into a surge of homebuying tied to historically low interest rates.
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The CrossState Credit Union Association continues to work with lawmakers in neighboring New Jersey to get similar legislation passed there.
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Lenders pushed back against the notion that city dwellers' pandemic-driven flight to suburbia would hurt them. They say fewer landlords have sought deferrals as vacancy rates remain low and rent collections have stabilized.
Michael formerly led tech groups at Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Lloyds.
Navy Federal Credit Union will not pay a $15 million fine or $80 million in restitution to service members who were illegally charged surprise overdraft fees when their accounts had sufficient funds.
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Many banks could benefit greatly from overhauling their internal culture when it comes to meetings. Both performance and morale stand to benefit.
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The agency's rule represents real progress, but applying it to more kinds of accounts and making other common-sense changes would increase its already significant benefits to consumers.
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The quarterly filings ought to include far more detailed breakdowns of banks' commercial real estate loan portfolios, including the crucial distinction between owner-occupied properties and rentals.
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Under a proposed rule, the agency would let most nationally chartered firms off the hook for heightened regulatory standards. The rule would raise the bar from $50 billion to $700 billion of assets and leave only eight firms subject to heightened regulation.
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Stories about data breaches, fraud and one neobank were reader favorites this year.
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The Federal Reserve is slated to undertake a number of important rules and regulations in 2026, but decisions around agency leadership and the Trump administration's avowed effort to exert greater control over the central bank are likely to leave a lasting legacy at the agency.
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Consumer appetite for mobile wallets is growing, challenging banks to innovate to stay ahead.
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As commissioner of Virginia's Bureau of Financial Institutions since 1997, Joe Face emphasized strengthening the dual banking system.
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Bank merger and acquisition activity rebounded this year, led by Fifth Third's $10.9 billion proposed purchase of Comerica. Huntington, PNC and Columbia were involved in some of the other biggest deals announced in 2025.
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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.
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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