First Federal Bank stretched its retail mortgage operations into Louisiana and Mississippi, following its expansion into the Midwest and Arizona in 2023.
Several startups have announced new funding rounds in the last month. They plan to use the cash to improve their products and ramp up sales.
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Steve Squeri told analysts his firm is prepared to compete with small-business technology providers like Ramp and Brex. He also weighed in on the potential payments behemoth that would result from Capital One's purchase of Discover.
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The technology vendor is going outside the company to hire PNC vet Michael Lyons to replace Trump administration-bound Frank Bisignano, leaving the Pittsburgh-bank without its heir apparent for the top role.
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The auto lender is selling its credit card business and halting new mortgage loans, abandoning its once-broader ambitions. Ally CEO touted the move as "the power of focus."
Neural network systems — which try to emulate the human brain — will become increasingly important as the stolen identities from the recent Equifax breach and others start surfacing in the coming years on fraudulent payment card or loan applications.
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The Illinois company, four months removed from its last bank acquisition, just announced the biggest purchase in its history. Alpine Bancorp. will add low-cost deposits and scale to Midland States' wealth management business.
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The CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management and American Banker’s Most Powerful Woman in Finance shares advice about dealing with tricky clients and colleagues.
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There's a growing consensus that helping young employees pay back student loan debt could be key to recruiting and retaining millennial talent at credit unions.
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The teams include people who previously worked for the Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency as well as HUD.
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The Toronto parent of BMO Harris Bank has joined a growing list of banks directing billions of dollars toward affordable housing and loans to low- and moderate-income communities.
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The two companies first started collaborating last year, but now BBVA has white-labeled Prosper’s technology on its own website.
The biggest decline was a 9.9% drop in deposits quarter-on-quarter as of Dec. 31.
Navy Federal Credit Union will not pay a $15 million fine or $80 million in restitution to service members who were illegally charged surprise overdraft fees when their accounts had sufficient funds.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it is in favor of consumer choice, but its shifting position on earned wage access calls that commitment into question.
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The growing buy now/pay later industry requires regulations, but existing regulations for credit card lenders are not fit to the purpose. BNPL needs bespoke guidelines to protect consumers.
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The proposed capital rule risks driving borrowers away from the traditional banking industry and into the arms of shadow banks, whose support during stressful times can be fleeting.
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Stories about data breaches, fraud and one neobank were reader favorites this year.
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The Federal Reserve is slated to undertake a number of important rules and regulations in 2026, but decisions around agency leadership and the Trump administration's avowed effort to exert greater control over the central bank are likely to leave a lasting legacy at the agency.
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Consumer appetite for mobile wallets is growing, challenging banks to innovate to stay ahead.
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As commissioner of Virginia's Bureau of Financial Institutions since 1997, Joe Face emphasized strengthening the dual banking system.
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Bank merger and acquisition activity rebounded this year, led by Fifth Third's $10.9 billion proposed purchase of Comerica. Huntington, PNC and Columbia were involved in some of the other biggest deals announced in 2025.
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Articles about stablecoins, scams, fintechs, premium credit cards and open banking were just some of the topics that struck a chord with American Banker subscribers in 2025.
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The card networks have entered a series of partnerships in Europe and Asia amid signs of growing demand and Apple's waning control over the underlying technology.
The Senate confirmed Travis Hill as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as part of a slate of nominations that were approved late Thursday. Hill has been serving as acting FDIC chair since January.
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