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Customers are sprinkling symbols into their texts, and it's a challenge for banks to fine-tune systems to support the use of the cartoon code in communications.

Speakers on stage during a panel regarding artificial intelligence usage across the financial services industry held on Nov. 16 at The Clearing House's annual conference in New York.

New iterations of tools powered by advanced artificial intelligence will aid banks in generating new value for customers, but the lack of regulatory guidance in this area hinders deeper adoption of the technology, panelists and attendees said at The Clearing House's recent conference.

The American Bankers Association's Economic Advisory Committee expects the economy to grow, albeit at a slower pace than it previously anticipated. The group pointed to stubbornly high inflation and a weakening job market.

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Pornographers, private-prison operators and digital-asset firms were among the industries that major banks curbed ties with over moral or reputational concerns, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's preliminary findings in its "debanking" probe launched earlier this year.

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A written agreement between Kentucky First Federal Bancorp and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was terminated in 20 months, less than half the time that management feared it might take.

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The Epstein files show the real-world business consequences of bankers' personal and business relationships, but the revelations come as the Trump administration is moving to marginalize reputational risk as a factor in bank examinations.