U.S. households were financially sound last year, but the Federal Reserve's annual well-being report highlighted a few emerging trends, including rising buy now/pay later delinquencies and incidents of financial fraud.
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Investors are finding a haven from stock market and crypto volatility, but an economic downturn could slow overall spending, imperiling stablecoins in retail and corporate transactions.
April 10
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Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Truist are facing pressure from ISS, Glass Lewis and SOC Investment Group over their 2024 pay packages.
April 10
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Consumer habits are the driving force behind industry-wide payments investments, be it digital wallet adoption, biometric authentication or payments platforms.
April 10
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House Financial Services Committee member Andy Barr, R-Ky., will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's merger rule that went into effect in January.
April 10
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Congressional Review Act resolutions to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overdraft and larger participant rules now go to President Trump for his signature.
April 9
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Seven of the 20 top-performing banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets last year were based in Texas. But it's not about being bigger.
The card giant appointed Antony Cahill as its new regional president and CEO; Global Payments further simplifies its business; Curve adds Apple Pay rival to iOS devices; and more in this week's global payments roundup.
Bill Pulte and the government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive will be working with a firm that analyzes big data and utilizes artificial intelligence.
BMO Financial Group has sold a U.S. credit card portfolio and exited a franchise loan portfolio as part of an effort to achieve a return on equity of at least 12% in its U.S. business.
U.S. households were financially sound last year, but the Federal Reserve's annual well-being report highlighted a few emerging trends, including rising buy now/pay later delinquencies and incidents of financial fraud.
The card giant appointed Antony Cahill as its new regional president and CEO; Global Payments further simplifies its business; Curve adds Apple Pay rival to iOS devices; and more in this week's global payments roundup.
Bill Pulte and the government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive will be working with a firm that analyzes big data and utilizes artificial intelligence.
BMO Financial Group has sold a U.S. credit card portfolio and exited a franchise loan portfolio as part of an effort to achieve a return on equity of at least 12% in its U.S. business.
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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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.
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Staking activities and stablecoins are two of the possible ways banks could have a role in decentralized finance, said Margaret Butler, head of the financial services practice at the law firm BakerHostetler and Kristiane Koontz, director of Treasury Services and Payments at Zions Bank, in interviews recorded at the Digital Banking Conference in June.
July 1
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The agreement surpasses Stripe's $1.1 billion deal to buy stablecoin payments platform Bridge in February.
April 8
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The Federal Reserve Board terminated a 22-year-old cease-and-desist order against a one-time vice president of The Marathon Bank in Winchester, Virginia.
April 8
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The largest asset manager globally announced Tuesday it will enter a new master custody service agreement with Anchorage Digital, the only U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank.
April 8
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. aims to ease compliance for large banks, revisit crypto and stablecoin rules, and weigh inflation adjustments to regulatory thresholds.
April 8
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BlackRock veteran Mark Wiedman is taking the torch as president at PNC. The seeming successor to longtime CEO Bill Demchak will be tasked with helping the bank evolve.
April 8
