"There were four layers between me and the senior managers of the products and like 14 layers across the organization, which is too much for an organization that needs to be agile," David Velez said.
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John Kothanek, who leads the crypto exchange's global intelligence team, shares some of the ways the company helps investigate on-chain crime.
April 1 -
"I can't just go fishing in the ocean," said Grasshopper Bank CEO Michael Butler, referring to his bank's ability to gather deposits. "JPMorgan Chase is out there with a yacht, and I'm driving a small speedboat."
April 1 -
Holly O'Neill, who was No. 5 on American Banker's list of the Most Powerful Women in Banking last year, will oversee a new department combining BofA's retail and preferred units. Aron Levine, who previously led preferred banking, is leaving the company.
April 1 -
Decreased funding for Community Development Financial Institutions and the declawing of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are top of mind for bankers.
April 1 -
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
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 bank's LLM Suite, a portal through which all employees can use popular large language models, is American Banker's Innovation of the Year in the Generative AI category.
Bond yields are shooting up for the second time in as many months. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller attributes the volatility to concerns about rising national debt levels.
"There were four layers between me and the senior managers of the products and like 14 layers across the organization, which is too much for an organization that needs to be agile," David Velez said.
The bank's LLM Suite, a portal through which all employees can use popular large language models, is American Banker's Innovation of the Year in the Generative AI category.
Bond yields are shooting up for the second time in as many months. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller attributes the volatility to concerns about rising national debt levels.
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 ECB president said demand for higher-skilled workers who can use AI would rise, while those less able to learn new skills could suffer.
April 1 -
An executive order requiring the government to stop issuing paper checks is expected to help banks, which have seen a rise in check fraud with the introduction of mobile deposits and digital check imaging.
April 1 -
This transaction, following Rocket's purchase of Redfin, could be the start of the creation of large players to compete with the likes of Zillow.
March 31 -
The deal was highly vetted with regulators following the publicly traded company's failure to obtain approval in a past agreement, an executive said.
March 31 -
Here's what bankers should know about Trump's recent crypto reserve moves, Evolve Bank's continued fallout, artificial intelligence and other technology news.
March 31