The state supreme court agreed to review the ruling in favor of a group of Wall Street banks that whistleblower Edelweiss said cost the state at least $100 million.
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The industry was already spending billions to automate before 2020. What it needed was a cultural shift to try new things.
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Offices, apartment buildings and retail locations in Los Angeles face a tangle of difficulties as the smoke clears from January's wildfires. High on the list is inadequate insurance, a common problem in California.
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House Republicans, led by House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., outlined their priorities for the Trump administration's banking agenda in a series of letters to key regulators.
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The buy now/pay later company made a deal with Stride Bank to add banking-as-a-service heft as Affirm Card usage soars and Evolve grapples with defections.
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The Trump administration is leapfrogging the normal process by taking its fight over a district court injunction blocking efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to a federal appeals court, according to the CFPB workers' union.
April 1
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.
Capital One's acquisition of Discover brings it to the top of the ranking.
Toronto-Dominion Bank set aside less money than expected for souring loans in the second quarter, despite concerns that U.S. tariffs would hamper economic growth.
The credit-card issuer, which recently closed its acquisition of Discover, hopes to become a true competitor with Visa and Mastercard. It won't happen right away, but analysts expect a large potential payoff if the multiyear push goes well.
The state supreme court agreed to review the ruling in favor of a group of Wall Street banks that whistleblower Edelweiss said cost the state at least $100 million.
Capital One's acquisition of Discover brings it to the top of the ranking.
Toronto-Dominion Bank set aside less money than expected for souring loans in the second quarter, despite concerns that U.S. tariffs would hamper economic growth.
The credit-card issuer, which recently closed its acquisition of Discover, hopes to become a true competitor with Visa and Mastercard. It won't happen right away, but analysts expect a large potential payoff if the multiyear push goes well.
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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John Kothanek, who leads the crypto exchange's global intelligence team, shares some of the ways the company helps investigate on-chain crime.
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"I can't just go fishing in the ocean," said Grasshopper Bank CEO Michael Butler, referring to his bank's ability to gather deposits. "JPMorgan Chase is out there with a yacht, and I'm driving a small speedboat."
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Holly O'Neill, who was No. 5 on American Banker's list of the Most Powerful Women in Banking last year, will oversee a new department combining BofA's retail and preferred units. Aron Levine, who previously led preferred banking, is leaving the company.
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Decreased funding for Community Development Financial Institutions and the declawing of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are top of mind for bankers.
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The co-founder of Strategas Securities is no longer in the running to become U.S. Treasury assistant secretary for financial markets due to a newly discovered health issue.
April 1