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Overseers of banks' data analytics strategies share their thoughts on what other industries do a good job with data, how banks should approach analytics and how they explain their job to mom and dad.

RSAC 2026

A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.

Jonathan McKernan

The Trump administration says it will nominate Jonathan McKernan to serve as Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance. McKernan has already been nominated as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Randall Guynn at Community Banking Research Conference

The Federal Reserve played a behind-the-scenes role in facilitating the sale of PacWest Bancorp, providing an enticement to private-equity interests to make a deal happen, according to agency records and recent comments by a prominent banking lawyer.

French Hill

House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill, R-Ark., said he wants to consider a range of ideas on how to improve deposit insurance and other issues facing community banks beyond a Senate bill raising insurance for business accounts.