New guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released Monday afternoon would streamline Bank Secrecy Act exams for community banks. The agency issued a separate request for information on consolidation and contracting power among core service providers.
The popular German digital startup Fidor Bank has agreed to be acquired by Groupe BPCE, the second-largest French bank.
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The store-branded credit card company revised its revenue guidance upward on the assumption that the CFPB's late-fee cap won't take effect before 2025. Still, Bread is moving ahead with plans to make up some of the revenue that it stands to lose from the contested rule.
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As a senator, the likely Democratic nominee for President championed an agency that did early work on payment technology, setting the stage for a central bank digital currency.
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The big box retailer's move comes amid a broader decline for the traditional payment option.
A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.
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In 34 years at American Express Co., Ken Chenault has helped reinvent the credit-card company more than once. But his latest push into new frontiers is faltering behind the scenes.
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The Government Accountability Office will examine the role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in helping state health insurance exchanges transition from state-based information systems to the federal program.
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The Minneapolis bank has promoted longtime executive Andrew Cecere to president, a title held by Chairman and CEO Richard Davis for more than a decade.
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The OCC said Citigroup's main bank subsidiary violated the Flood Disaster Protection Act by not ensuring that borrowers with homes in flood hazard areas had insurance coverage.
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Director Kathy Kraninger has told lawmakers that the agency will delay the expiration of the so-called QM patch, now set for January 2021.
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People's United in Connecticut is letting the loans run off its books as it invests in higher-yielding commercial loans.
John "Johnny" Allison, the outspoken chairman and CEO of Arkansas-based Home BancShares, used the company's third-quarter earnings call to endorse the Republican presidential nominee. When asked about that decision, he got confrontational.
Rapid deregulation, tariffs and a campaign to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have defined the early days of President Donald Trump's second term for bankers.
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A recent breakthrough transaction demonstrates the promise of credit union sub-debt offerings for investors looking to enter the ESG space.
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AI and machine learning are the future of banking and financial services. Regulators and policymakers need to keep the pace.
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The Home Loan banks are failing to serve huge numbers of Americans because of their reliance on outdated credit scoring models.
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Former U.S. Bank veteran files for a de novo charter to launch VALT Bank, a tech-heavy business lender targeting 'digitally demanding' small businesses.
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Supplies of the one-cent coin are plummeting. Businesses can't give exact change. Banks are struggling to resupply them. And amid it all, the federal government has said almost nothing.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran reiterated his view that monetary policy has become more restrictive than economists think, but expressed increased urgency that the central bank take strong corrective action.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to transfer its entire enforcement and legal divisions to the Department of Justice and is likely to staff in those units, according to sources briefed by agency leadership.
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American Banker and Best Companies Group are preparing the latest annual ranking of fintech companies that keep their employees happy.
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Investigators found text messages, photos of cash and a conspirator wearing a diamond Truist logo ring while unraveling the $1 million fraud attempt.
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Pinnacle and Peapack-Gladstone have sought to preserve their corporate cultures during periods of major change.
Banks with more than $10 billion of assets made up 12% of American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list.
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