Experts told lawmakers that quantum computers will soon render today's encryption obsolete — and foreign adversaries know it.
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Firing 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff and stripping it down to "the statutory studs" is lawful, an attorney for the CFPB told an appeals court.
May 16
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The merger, which provides for $6.75 million in payments to three Space City Credit Union executives, had drawn criticism. But Space City members approved it by an 82% to 18% margin.
May 16
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Standard Chartered Bank hired a new head of digital assets, Europe and Americas; Provident Financial Holdings has a new chief financial officer; Bank of America is opening four branches in Boise, Idaho; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
May 16
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Bribed overseas contractors accessed internal systems, triggering a monthslong breach with costs reaching up to $400 million.
May 16
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In a dramatic move, conservative hardliners blocked President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, which would have included many measures favored by banks.
May 16
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.
Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr — who until February served as the agency's top regulator — said community development functions have benefits for the Fed's monetary policy, supervision and research goals.
Heath Tarbert is president of Circle, the issuer of the dollar-denominated stablecoin USDC. He served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2019-2021.
Carvana and Plaid, with the help of Cross River Bank, have launched Request for Payment, which combines billing with The Clearing House's RTP Network. The option has been slow to gain traction, but the companies are betting large-ticket purchases, such as for an automobile, will be popular.
Experts told lawmakers that quantum computers will soon render today's encryption obsolete — and foreign adversaries know it.
Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr — who until February served as the agency's top regulator — said community development functions have benefits for the Fed's monetary policy, supervision and research goals.
Heath Tarbert is president of Circle, the issuer of the dollar-denominated stablecoin USDC. He served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2019-2021.
Carvana and Plaid, with the help of Cross River Bank, have launched Request for Payment, which combines billing with The Clearing House's RTP Network. The option has been slow to gain traction, but the companies are betting large-ticket purchases, such as for an automobile, will be popular.
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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The banks have invested in gen AI and embedded finance, respectively.
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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.
July 15
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The bank, which owns 48.5% of the Greek fintech, is battling with the company's owners over how to determine valuation, among other disputes. JPMorgan says it is reviewing aspects of the legal case but is still seeking a $1 billion claim in Greece.
May 14
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Three executives at Space City Credit Union in Houston will get a total of $6.75 million if the cooperative's members approve a merger. The 12,000 or so members will split $5 million.
May 14
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The Trump administration has withdrawn from the Federal Register a proposed rule that sought to protect consumers from having their sensitive financial information sold.
May 14
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is accusing Capital One of deliberately deceiving customers and obscuring higher interest rates. The lawsuit comes less than three months after the CFPB dropped a similar case against the bank.
May 14
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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
