Community banks are always looking for ways to expand local engagement. But for some banks, sponsoring disc golf courses, clubs and events offers a relatively inexpensive way to boost their profile among a very loyal customer base.
It also plans to deploy the startup’s technology that analyzes data and offers predictive advice.
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Improved consumer confidence helped to drive greater use of buy now/pay later as younger generations turned to short-term installment options.
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From embedded finance to artificial intelligence to real-time processing, there are plenty of sources of competition and opportunity in the new year.
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The emerging industry could be worth as much as $480 billion in two years, and payments are central to that growth.
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Wells Fargo, PNC and others are finding that the web seminar is an effective way to promote themselves through advice and useful content aimed at consumers and business clients.
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Marbue Brown will oversee customer experience in Chase’s branch network, call centers and digital and mobile platforms.
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The Alabama bank will add the nonprofit's financial-advice centers for underbanked consumers to 88 branches over the next four years, in addition to the 12 it already housed.
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The proposed best practices would be modeled after federal servicing standards and be used to supervise nonbanks firms subject to state regimes.
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The company's software can now be used to handle personal loans, credit cards and specialty-vehicle loans.
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The agency reported signs of stress on the credit quality in residential loans serviced by seven large banks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
OpenFin, a devotee of open source software, has raised $15 million in Series B funding to fuel staff expansion, business development and new products.
The Reno, Nevada-based buyer said it would pay $64.6 million in cash and stock for Cornerstone Community Bancorp, and it expects to close the transaction in the second half of the year.
Lenders have been working to shrink their rent-regulated real estate loan portfolios since a watershed state law passed in 2019, but those plans may be accelerated.
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Organizations that emphasize not just coaching but the importance of remaining coachable, tend to develop more talented and engaged teams.
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The recent leadership turmoil at OpenAI underscored the importance of the due diligence banks must conduct before working with a generative artificial intelligence vendor.
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Financial services companies are still in the early days of utilizing artificial intelligence, meaning they must closely examine any partnership with a third party. This includes demanding evidence to back up any performance claims these outside companies make.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will face an existential crisis in 2026 between the Trump administration's efforts to shut down the agency and the employee union and consumer advocates who want to stop them.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has made big changes in 2025, including cutting headcount, walking back Biden-era rules and guidance and resetting the agency's approach to emerging technologies and crypto.
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The Treasury Department issued guidance on how merchants can round cash transactions to the nearest nickel. Banks and retailers have been calling for more clarity from the government amid a penny shortage that stems from the Trump administration's abrupt decision to halt production of the one-cent coins.
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The bank regulator is proposing to strengthen national preemption in the wake of conflicting decisions in related court cases.
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The card network and bank technology seller partnered to expand AI protocols, while British payment companies face tougher fee disclosures but looser rules for contactless transactions. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
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