Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.
Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain technology startup led by Wall Street veteran Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in funding and expanded its board, the company said Thursday.
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Monzo raises a $430 million investment to accelerate its expansion in the U.S.; Stripe adds support for Tap to Pay on iPhone; and more in this week's global payments news roundup.
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Wells Fargo unveiled a new credit card and is bolstering how it rewards customers for their spending, crucial steps in Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf's mission to make the fourth-largest U.S. bank a bigger player in a space long dominated by rivals.
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Brazil's Pix network, at just three years old, now accounts for 15% of all global real-time payments — and its success is inspiring projects in other countries.
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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Workers would be limited in tapping 401(k) retirement plans for loans under legislation two senators plan to introduce that is designed to counter the erosion of retirement assets.
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Mass affluent investors, those with $100,000 to $1 million of investable assets, are pessimistic about investing, a survey of 596 individual investors and 610 financial advisers by MFS Investment Management found.
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In a presentation Thursday, co-COO Gordon Smith expanded on Jamie Dimon's recent comments about frustrations in the mortgage market, was upbeat about branch profitability and discussed some of the bank's Chase Pay challenges.
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Many banks have already scaled back home lending or even left the business. With profit margins shrinking, inventories of homes at crisis levels and competition from nonbanks intensifying, that’s unlikely to change.
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Readers weigh in on the role of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consider personnel changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debate the viability of public banks and more.
The credit card company is seeing fewer customers fall behind on their payments. But with lower-income consumers still being pinched by inflation, Synchrony isn't loosening its lending standards.
A much-anticipated stablecoin bill advanced to the full Senate in an 18-6 vote, giving it a promising path to pass with 60 votes. But amendments banks favored were shut out of the markup.
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Inconsistent rules for calculating bank capital threaten to cut off small banks from a key source of liquidity.
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Bank regulators are considering a measure that would rewrite the rules implementing the Community Reinvestment Act. They should consider taking their existing rules seriously.
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Small-business owners need all the savings they can get, but the proposed legislation will ultimately cost consumers and entrepreneurs.
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In an expanded partnership announced Monday, the card network and payment fintech will enable hundreds of millions of consumers and tens of millions of merchants to use new forms of artificial intelligence for shopping and payments.
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The Arkansas-based company spent nearly four years on the M&A sidelines, grappling with asset quality issues and litigation tied to its 2022 acquisition of Texas-based Happy State Bank. Now it's signed a letter of intent to buy an unnamed bank.
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The company cited efforts to improve profitability behind its decision, with Popular joining a line of other banks in ending mortgage operations in 2025.
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The 23rd annual dinner honored bankers and finance leaders at the top of the industry.
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Zelle's parent Early Warning Services said Friday it was planning to take its peer-to-peer payments network international through a new stablecoin initiative. It says the details will come later.
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Nicolet Bankshares has agreed to buy MidWestOne Financial in an $864 million, all-stock deal. The acquisition will move the Wisconsin-based buyer into Iowa and the Twin Cities, while also allowing it to vault past a key regulatory threshold.
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Spring Bank CEO Barry Mann has accumulated a 6% stake in New York City-based Carver Bancorp. Carver has a history of underperforming, but Mann is optimistic about its chances under new CEO Donald Felix.
The number of states with earned wage access legislation doubled in 2025 with six states passing new laws. Connecticut regulators have been particularly strict, creating conflict between lenders and the government.
The 23rd annual ranking of women leaders in the banking industry.
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