The Federal Open Market Committee voted to reduce interest rates by 25 basis points Wednesday, but the emergence of dissents on the committee makes the chance of another quarter-point cut in December less certain.
Consumers say they consider mobile banking unsafe even as they increasingly use it, assuming they can do nothing to protect themselves from the escalating threats. Banks can't afford to be so fatalistic.
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The peer-to-peer network moved $219 billion in the final three months of 2023, with scams and fraud accounting for about 0.1% of all volume, according to Early Warning Services, which operates Zelle and is owned by a consortium of banks.
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Some U.S. banks postponed taking action on ISO 20022, a new global financial messaging standard, while they were busy with preparations for FedNow's faster-payments launch last year. This may not leave them with enough time to meet a March 2025 deadline.
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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.
A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.
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While clients often look to set a fixed rate of spending over retirement, some advisers say it's more realistic to expect it to rise and fall over those leisure years.
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At time when more Americans than ever are petrified they won't have enough set aside for retirement, a Limra International Inc. survey suggests that peace of mind could be just a phone call away.
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Most good advisers are used to playing psychologist — helping clients understand and overcome irrational impulses in order to make sound investment choices.
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The parent of Ponce Bank has agreed to acquire Mortgage World Bankers.
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While regulation and nonbank competition are spooking some banks and credit unions, others believe low funding costs and the right relationships can help them succeed.
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Prepayments tied to repeated VA loan refinancing activity have had an adverse effect on Ginnie’s mortgage securities that persists despite countermeasures. The government bond issuer is making new plans to address the impact.
The Wall Street investment bank saw its profits rebound in the second quarter as last year's decline in mergers continued to thaw. "The game will have to go on because there's just been so much activity that has been suppressed," said CEO Ted Pick.
The U.K. axed its payments regulator in an effort to reduce red tape as part of the prime minister's Plan for Growth. The move was lauded by industry, but some are concerned the FCA won't give payments the attention they deserve.
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Open data could be a game changer for small and medium-sized businesses. We need a regulatory structure that recognizes this.
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FDIC data shows an uptick in the number of Americans with access to basic banking services. That momentum has to continue.
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Rather than blaming the Federal Reserve, CFPB and other agencies for getting over their skis, I blame Congress for being unable to give them workable, solid power to solve agreed-upon policy objectives.
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The 23rd annual dinner honored bankers and finance leaders at the top of the industry.
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Zelle's parent Early Warning Services said Friday it was planning to take its peer-to-peer payments network international through a new stablecoin initiative. It says the details will come later.
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Nicolet Bankshares has agreed to buy MidWestOne Financial in an $864 million, all-stock deal. The acquisition will move the Wisconsin-based buyer into Iowa and the Twin Cities, while also allowing it to vault past a key regulatory threshold.
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A think tank report details setbacks in U.S. cyber strategy, from shuttered partnerships and staff cuts to the expiration of key info-sharing laws.
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Needham and Provident banks received all regulatory approvals and merge date; JPMorganChase hired veteran tech dealmaker Kevin Brunner from Bank of America; RBC Capital Markets will expand its presence in the equity derivatives market with two senior hires from UBS; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The Federal Reserve Friday issued a set of proposed changes to its stress testing program for the largest banks that would disclose the central bank's back-end stress testing models, a move that the Fed had long opposed out of fear of making the tests easier for banks to pass.
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The effort to establish rules governing consumers' access to their financial data has been effectively derailed by litigation, moves made by the Trump-era CFPB and JPMorganChase's decision to start charging data aggregators for access to customer data.
Strong loan and deposit growth led to a double-digit increase in revenues and an even bigger jump in profits at the Columbus, Ohio-based regional bank.
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