Jarrod Barry is a summer reporting associate at National Mortgage News through the Dow Jones News Fund. He is currently studying at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
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Incentive pay for investment bankers at major firms is expected to fall this year by 13% from 2021 levels, according to a consulting firm's report. But stock traders may reap the rewards of market volatility.
May 9 -
The 2020 case, in which the Securities and Exchange Commission tried to hold Ripple accountable to securities law, offers little clarity for the regulation of crypto tokens.
May 9 -
Credit risk transfers, which gained traction in 2022 and 2023 as banks sought to manage their capital levels, may now become a solution for lenders looking to reduce their exposure to commercial real estate loans.
May 9 -
Research from American Banker finds banks are top AI users and plan to stay at the top for the future. But can rising costs hurt chances for positive results?
May 9 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said global supply chain disruptions and inflation caused by tariffs could weigh heaviest on small businesses, especially those with little access to credit.
May 9
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.
Shell companies, stablecoin and a Bahaman bank that took orders from a gang of fraudsters all took part in a scheme that bilked U.S. victims of millions.
The pending law, which has passed the Assembly and Senate, prohibits food and retail stores from refusing to accept cash payments. Cashless establishments have been prohibited in New York City since 2020.
Alex Walters is an intern at The Bond Buyer via the Dow Jones News Fund. He is a rising senior at Michigan State University, where he writes for the student newspaper, The State News. Last summer, he interned at The Chronicle of Higher Education. His work has appeared in outlets including the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan.
Jarrod Barry is a summer reporting associate at National Mortgage News through the Dow Jones News Fund. He is currently studying at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Shell companies, stablecoin and a Bahaman bank that took orders from a gang of fraudsters all took part in a scheme that bilked U.S. victims of millions.
The pending law, which has passed the Assembly and Senate, prohibits food and retail stores from refusing to accept cash payments. Cashless establishments have been prohibited in New York City since 2020.
Alex Walters is an intern at The Bond Buyer via the Dow Jones News Fund. He is a rising senior at Michigan State University, where he writes for the student newspaper, The State News. Last summer, he interned at The Chronicle of Higher Education. His work has appeared in outlets including the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan.
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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A Credit Suisse unit pleaded guilty to conspiring to help its customers hide more than $4 billion from the Internal Revenue Service in at least 475 offshore accounts.
May 6 -
The three largest deals raised an average of more than $136 million.
May 6 -
Despite its commitment to change its stress testing program, the Federal Reserve is defending its current practices in court. That argument raises thorny legal questions about whether stress tests are more like rules or adjudications.
May 6 -
A representative for the bank said JPMorganChase is still dedicated to venture capital investors and new businesses.
May 5 -
A federal judge has ordered FDATR, a now-defunct student loan debt relief provider, to pay $43 million in restitution and fees, bucking the trend of cases brought by the Biden administration-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau being dropped.
May 5