Daniel Fagan, MSPFP, MPA, AIF, is managing partner at Radiant Wealth Management, an independent firm in Connecticut specializing in financial planning for academics, physicians and high net worth families.
He previously spent 17 years at TIAA advising faculty at top universities including Yale, UConn, Wesleyan and other leading institutions.
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The Fitzgerald-based Colony Bankcorp agreed to pay $3.5 million to purchase an agency in Monroe, Georgia. The deal signals the potential return of more banks buying insurers than selling them.
April 4
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The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that a February stop-work order from acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought did not entail stopping statutorily mandated work by the bureau, defying earlier testimony.
April 4
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Wall Street continued its sell-off of financial institutions as the increasing likelihood of a U.S. recession fuels fears of revenue pressures.
April 4
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The Swedish institution's New York listing, which was viewed as a sign of fintech's recovery, has been delayed due to market volatility.
April 4
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The central bank wants to let Trump's policies play out across the economy before deciding which way to move interest rates, and it's too soon to know what the impacts will be, the Federal Reserve chair said.
April 4
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Banks in the U.S. and India will offer cross-border transactions using the technology that underpins cryptocurrency. Our global payments roundup also includes updates from PayPal, Lloyds and a very remote ATM deployment.
April 4
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In a speech Friday, Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said the advent of generative artificial intelligence promises to boost bank productivity, but banks should be careful in choosing AI partners to delineate data security responsibilities.
April 4
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Russell Curzon has over 20 years of commercial experience in the payments industry. As vice president of commercial sales at Nuvei, Curzon and his team are building Nuvei's market share in the UK and Ireland and helping businesses with Nuvei's next-generation payments technology.
The Florida bank plans to buy Villages Bancorp for $710.8 million, marking its second in-state acquisition of 2025.
Daniel Fagan, MSPFP, MPA, AIF, is managing partner at Radiant Wealth Management, an independent firm in Connecticut specializing in financial planning for academics, physicians and high net worth families.
He previously spent 17 years at TIAA advising faculty at top universities including Yale, UConn, Wesleyan and other leading institutions.
Russell Curzon has over 20 years of commercial experience in the payments industry. As vice president of commercial sales at Nuvei, Curzon and his team are building Nuvei's market share in the UK and Ireland and helping businesses with Nuvei's next-generation payments technology.
The Florida bank plans to buy Villages Bancorp for $710.8 million, marking its second in-state acquisition of 2025.
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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The banks have invested in gen AI and embedded finance, respectively.
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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.
July 15
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Fears of a recession intensified after President Trump unveiled his plan to impose a minimum 10% tariff on all U.S. imports, and the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index tumbled by nearly 10%.
April 3
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The proposed $35 billion merger between Capital One and Discover cleared a major regulatory hurdle as the Justice Department told financial regulators in a confidential memo that it didn't have sufficient evidence to block the transaction.
April 3
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The federal Small Business Investment Company program has seen a spike in interest since a new rule incentivizing support for early stage companies took effect in 2023. Now there is growing political support for ways to further bolster the program.
April 3
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a court filing that it will repropose a rule requiring lenders to report small-business loan data, citing legal challenges.
April 3
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Employees are using ChatGPT without telling their managers and the IT team. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
April 3
