Panelists speaking at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking conference said they appreciate the deregulatory efforts underway under Trump, but said clarity on tariffs and rules of the road for emerging technologies would unlock future growth.

Five years after the government struggled to disburse pandemic relief checks, the Fed is using improved processing for emergency funds as a reason for banks to get onboard with FedNow.

Revolut receives a banking license, while SumUp introduces its payments hardware. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

The Department of Justice has filed a motion opposing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee union's appeal of an August D.C. Circuit ruling allowing the administration to fire up to 90% of the agency's workforce.

The president of the planned Georgia Skyline Bank says he's cautiously optimistic that his group can raise $35 million of startup capital in time for an opening early next year.

The Trump administration has ordered banking agencies to root out and identify instances of politically motivated debanking while at the same time raising pressure on banks to scrutinize or potentially sever their ties with liberal nonprofit clients. That dynamic creates a compliance puzzle with no obvious answers, experts say.