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.
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The Treasury will phase out the use of paper checks for most government payments in about six months. The Trump administration says the move will improve efficiency and reduce the cost of payment processing.
March 26
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Dave Cunningham, senior case manager for Alvaka shares insights on ransomware attacks, how to avoid them and what victims should do if they are targeted.
March 26
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The banking industry's march to ISO 20022 compliance by a November deadline has been sluggish, but the messaging organization isn't budging.
March 26
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The law would have expanded the state's 12% interest rate cap in a manner that would have effectively banned fintech lending in the state.
March 25
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The largest U.S. banks are facing shareholder votes on a number of politically charged issues — some backed by conservative groups and others championed by organizations with a more progressive bent.
March 25
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.
The Trump administration has withdrawn from the Federal Register a proposed rule that sought to protect consumers from having their sensitive financial information sold.
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.
As banks face mounting check fraud, a newly unsealed indictment reveals how one criminal ring exploited weak spots in the system.
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.
The Trump administration has withdrawn from the Federal Register a proposed rule that sought to protect consumers from having their sensitive financial information sold.
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.
As banks face mounting check fraud, a newly unsealed indictment reveals how one criminal ring exploited weak spots in the system.
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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The banking industry groups suing the Federal Reserve over its stress testing practices filed a motion for a summary judgment in the case, arguing that a quick resolution could ensure changes are made prior to the 2026 stress testing cycle.
March 25
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The looming initial public offering from Swedish payments firm Klarna comes in the foreground of tariff uncertainties and inflationary pressures.
March 25
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Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler expressed support for holding interest rates steady for "some time," while highlighting a move up in some measures of Americans' inflation expectations.
March 25
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Georges Elhedery aims to double down on HSBC's investment-banking operations in Asia and the Middle East after exiting key businesses in the U.S. and Europe.
March 25
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The number of shareholder proposals appearing in banks' proxy statements is down significantly this year, due to Trump-era regulatory changes and new concerns about political blowback.
March 25
