The two banks lead Evident's AI Index, which scores banks according to AI talent, innovation, leadership and transparency.
Jacob Dienelt, a former financial adviser at Morgan Stanley, has joined Factom, a cryptocurrency tech startup, as its head treasurer.
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JP Morgan Chase and Carver Federal Savings are applying fast-acting security tools more broadly — regardless of how fast the transaction is.
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Britons are pulling more and more cash from bank accounts that don't pay enough interest. It's beginning to hit the U.K.'s biggest lenders where it hurts.
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Intensifying economic pressures caused Bread Financial's customers to cut their credit card spending by 13% during the third quarter as the rate of delinquent accounts rose.
Research, insights and data on how banks and financial institutions are using AI can now be found in a new location on American Banker.
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Retail investors in municipal bonds are shaken, but still standing, after a relentless barrage of forecasts of massive municipal bankruptcies and defaults this year.
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Easing market conditions helped LPL Financial realize a surge in net new advisers in the fourth quarter, and the company is confident it can continue.
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UBS, the Swiss bank that needed a government rescue in 2008, expects to attract more funds from wealthy clients this year after recording a second straight quarterly increase.
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The effort to raise the threshold for transactions excused from appraisal requirements responds to concerns that the current threshold is outpaced by real estate prices.
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CUs in Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Florida have joined the Kansas City-area credit union service organization.
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The end of one-party rule in Washington could move the needle on efforts to devise a new housing finance framework.
First National has agreed to buy Touchstone Bankshares. The combined company would have more than $500 million each of deposits and loans.
President Trump reinstated a revised executive order from his first term that would make it easier for the White House to remove policy-facing federal employees — including Senior Executive Service employees. The National Treasury Employees Union sued the White House in response.
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The relaxation of Community Reinvestment Act and fair-lending enforcement by the OCC after President Trump took office deprived minority and low-income applicants in Memphis who sought credit from the bank for far too long.
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The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s report on climate risk in the financial sector is a backdoor attempt to implement the Green New Deal, a Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee writes.
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Community banks don’t need to match the biggest banks’ digital offerings or advertising budgets. Where they can compete, and win, is by delivering more personalized service.
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Banks are scouring consumer complaints, bank accounts and loan denials to identify people and companies who they may have cut off from banking services amid a new push by the Trump administration to address allegations of political bias in debanking.
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As the government shutdown stalls key housing programs, lenders are shifting tactics to keep loans moving and preparing for bigger challenges ahead.
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Department officials pushed back on criticism that a banner on its homepage violated a statute meant to curb partisanship in government operations.
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In a break from a 20-year history marked by losses and scandal, California International Bank in Westminster is on pace for its biggest-ever profit, its CEO says.
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The fintech Versatile Credit lets merchants provide point-of-sale credit to consumers in all FICO ranges.
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The industry has developed materials for banks looking to promote anti-scam awareness and more resources for banks.
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The dollar-backed digital assets have to clear many hurdles before they find a place in the future of finance, speakers at a Columbia University event said.
The bank teamed up with Euronet Worldwide subsidiary Dandelion for cross-border payments to digital wallets in the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Colombia in an optionality play.
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