Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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As banks face mounting check fraud, a newly unsealed indictment reveals how one criminal ring exploited weak spots in the system.
May 14
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A joint study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements found that a shift to widespread tokenization would not impact central banks' ability to transmit monetary policy, and that the technology could even prove beneficial.
May 14
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The Financial Technology Association will now defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule after the Trump administration sided with banks that sued the agency.
May 14
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Credit unions' federal tax exemption survived as the House Ways and Means Committee cleared Trump-backed tax cut extensions, but the issue could reemerge as a pay-for in final budget negotiations.
May 14
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The new payments solution promises to be the first step in a broader move into financial services.
May 14
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Join us for an in-depth exploration of ISO 20022 and its transformative impact on banking customer service.
May 14
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Prior to the arrangement, gig workers were paid via prepaid cards. The new method is more secure and easier for users to manage.
May 14
Barclays led the sale, which consisted of three investment grade rated bonds and one rated junk.
A new partnership with Google Cloud will let the Spanish bank offer Gemini to all staff after a successful ChatGPT deployment.
Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
Community banks that could reel in cheap deposits while keeping a lid on expenses were able to outperform peers in 2024.
Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
Community banks that could reel in cheap deposits while keeping a lid on expenses were able to outperform peers in 2024.
Alan Childs pleaded guilty to using straw borrowers and falsified loan records to help a timber businessman secure millions in fraudulent loans.
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.
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.
- Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says the Trump administration seems intent on shutting the agency down, even though it has a legal mandate to exist.Sponsored by IntraFi
- Crypto-as-a-service, stablecoins and tokenized deposits all present opportunities for banks, according to Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital.Sponsored by IntraFi
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Aspire USA, part of Valsoft and AllTrust, took over a year to notify victims of a February 2024 breach. The companies aren't sure what data was stolen.
May 13
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The Federal Reserve Board terminated a written agreement with Du Quoin State Bank from 2023. The order had stemmed from the bank's deficient interest rate risk management.
May 13
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Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren is pushing the Department of Justice to use its power to halt the deal, already approved by bank regulators.
May 13
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Chargebacks are a growing problem, but there are steps banks can take to keep losses from spinning out of control.
May 13
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to scratch and rework its open banking rule, at a time when the agency's fate is in doubt.
May 13
