The government shutdown is over, and Congress gets back to its regular business. For banks, the biggest-ticket issues are ongoing deliberations on raising deposit insurance and shaping a crypto market structure bill.
TransferWise, which has been developing an anti-bank brand, now says it wants to partner with banks to expand its reach in the U.S.
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Rather than compete against the rising tide of account-to-account transactions, the two card networks are looking for ways to make themselves essential to this growing market.
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By embracing collaboration and innovation, Canadian banks can position themselves at the forefront
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New technology decoupling payment cards from the funding source of the transaction would stimulate competition between card issuers and networks — and raise prospects for Capital One's proposed $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services.
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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From streamlined sales improvement tips to monsters in the Affordable Care Act, EBA has the best bloggers in the business who share their take on whats hot in benefits. Take a look at the top 10 blogs of 2014 for a range of advice and business acumen.
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Millennial women are making great strides in the workforce, but still "channel their inner ninth grade insecure freshman when it comes to financial matters," according to Fidelity's head of personal investing.
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EBA Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Galentine shares some broker impressions about the health exchanges first month and previews future coverage of brokers thinking outside-the-box.
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The Federal Housing Administration should monitor reverse mortgage servicers more closely and track related data that would shed light on a rise in defaults, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
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While no one is suggesting that the plan will help banks regain the share they've ceded to nonbanks, bankers believe that stabilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could at least help them keep what they have.
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Industry groups are calling on the consumer bureau to eliminate the debt-to-income limit for “qualified mortgages” and provide a short-term extension of special treatment for Fannie- and Freddie-backed loans.
BofA is taking the next step toward a 7-year-old goal of paying $25 an hour by 2025.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency disclosed a significant email system security breach that revealed sensitive data about federally regulated banks. The breach follows a similar incident at the Treasury Department earlier this year.
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The proposal to streamline the Small Business Administration's signature program and expand the number of available lending licenses would benefit underserved communities.
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The run on Silicon Valley Bank was blunted by delays in wire transfer executions. FedNow will make bank runs much more efficient at draining deposits.
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The head of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks argues that the special lien status of Home Loan bank advances, created by legislation in the 1980s, is largely irrelevant in today's marketplace.
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The company appears to be the first nationally chartered bank to offer crypto trading and traditional banking in the same app.
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The House is slated to vote on a resolution to fund the government Wednesday morning, setting off the resumption of programs that are important — particularly for the smallest banks.
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The founder and CEO of the buy now pay later giant spoke with American Banker about how agentic AI will soon revolutionize the way consumers shop, make purchases and manage their personal finances. That will be accretive for Affirm, especially in a world where agents are making payments on behalf of consumers.
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The Department of Justice told a court that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot legally request funding from the Federal Reserve System, arguing that the Fed has not turned a profit since 2022 and thus cannot fund the CFPB.
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Tougher contracts and more transparency are two of the improvements that have come about since the banking-as-a-service middleware provider's bankruptcy, practitioners say.
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Two government-sponsored enterprises are looking into expanding mortgage transfers between borrowers, according to the head of their oversight agency.
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With the U.K. and U.S. giving a green light to the company's $22.7 billion scale-building deal to buy Worldpay, Global Payments has begun its integration strategy.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said she wants banks to be competitive in the digital assets space, provided those operations are siloed from the traditional finance side of the business.
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