The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

October 24
4 Min Read
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The Most Powerful Women in Banking Conference
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Eric J. Ellman is the President of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA), a trade association of highly-regulated mortgage reporting and tenant screening companies that provide consumer reports and credit reports to lenders and landlords.

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BankThink

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to receive privileged access to financial services well after his crimes were revealed. This exposes a troubling side of the U.S. banking industry that deserves closer examination.

October 24
5 Min Read
Rachel Farris of TaxStackAI

Rachel Farris, CPA, is the founder of TaxStackAI.com, a company dedicated to helping small accounting firms modernize through AI-powered tools. She also leads her own accounting practice, where she focuses on strategic tax planning and advisory services. She is a recognized thought leader in the accounting profession, frequently presenting at national conferences, contributing to podcasts, and leading continuing education sessions for accounting professionals. She has been recognized as one of America's Top 200 CPAs and named among the 40 Under 40 Top Accounting and Tax Professionals. She is passionate about inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in accounting and driving innovation to modernize the profession.

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The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

October 24
4 Min Read

Boston-based Eastern Bankshares is focused on organic growth, but it would "evaluate the opportunity" for M&A if a deal presents itself, its CEO said Friday. The comments came four days after an activist investor criticized the bank's recent M&A transactions.

October 24
4 Min Read
Web Seminar
March and June 2026 are closer than they look and for ACH operations, that's tomorrow. Nacha's new rules bring the biggest compliance shakeup in decades, putting fraud monitoring responsibilities squarely on both Originators and RDFIs.
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Eric J. Ellman is the President of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA), a trade association of highly-regulated mortgage reporting and tenant screening companies that provide consumer reports and credit reports to lenders and landlords.

Epstein cardshow
BankThink

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to receive privileged access to financial services well after his crimes were revealed. This exposes a troubling side of the U.S. banking industry that deserves closer examination.

October 24
5 Min Read
Rachel Farris of TaxStackAI

Rachel Farris, CPA, is the founder of TaxStackAI.com, a company dedicated to helping small accounting firms modernize through AI-powered tools. She also leads her own accounting practice, where she focuses on strategic tax planning and advisory services. She is a recognized thought leader in the accounting profession, frequently presenting at national conferences, contributing to podcasts, and leading continuing education sessions for accounting professionals. She has been recognized as one of America's Top 200 CPAs and named among the 40 Under 40 Top Accounting and Tax Professionals. She is passionate about inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in accounting and driving innovation to modernize the profession.

Flagstar-Bank-HQ-Hicksville

The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

October 24
4 Min Read
Top Performing Banks
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Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.

August 14
1 Min Read
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Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.

August 14
4 Min Read
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Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.

July 24
3 Min Read
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Epstein cardshow
BankThink

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to receive privileged access to financial services well after his crimes were revealed. This exposes a troubling side of the U.S. banking industry that deserves closer examination.

October 24
5 Min Read
Rachel Farris of TaxStackAI

Rachel Farris, CPA, is the founder of TaxStackAI.com, a company dedicated to helping small accounting firms modernize through AI-powered tools. She also leads her own accounting practice, where she focuses on strategic tax planning and advisory services. She is a recognized thought leader in the accounting profession, frequently presenting at national conferences, contributing to podcasts, and leading continuing education sessions for accounting professionals. She has been recognized as one of America's Top 200 CPAs and named among the 40 Under 40 Top Accounting and Tax Professionals. She is passionate about inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in accounting and driving innovation to modernize the profession.

Flagstar-Bank-HQ-Hicksville

The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

October 24
4 Min Read
Eric_Ellman-President of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA)jpg.jpg

Eric J. Ellman is the President of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA), a trade association of highly-regulated mortgage reporting and tenant screening companies that provide consumer reports and credit reports to lenders and landlords.

Epstein cardshow
BankThink

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to receive privileged access to financial services well after his crimes were revealed. This exposes a troubling side of the U.S. banking industry that deserves closer examination.

October 24
5 Min Read
Rachel Farris of TaxStackAI

Rachel Farris, CPA, is the founder of TaxStackAI.com, a company dedicated to helping small accounting firms modernize through AI-powered tools. She also leads her own accounting practice, where she focuses on strategic tax planning and advisory services. She is a recognized thought leader in the accounting profession, frequently presenting at national conferences, contributing to podcasts, and leading continuing education sessions for accounting professionals. She has been recognized as one of America's Top 200 CPAs and named among the 40 Under 40 Top Accounting and Tax Professionals. She is passionate about inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in accounting and driving innovation to modernize the profession.

Flagstar-Bank-HQ-Hicksville

The Long Island-based bank hasn't been profitable in eight quarters, but executives maintain that it's on the right path, citing more loan book diversity, lower expenses and an improved margin.

October 24
4 Min Read
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New Federal Reserve research reveals that identity theft victims who use extended fraud alerts often see significant and lasting credit improvements.

October 8
4 Min Read

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr is warning small banks about the growing threat from fraudsters' use of AI-generated deepfakes. But he also says AI may be able to help community banks fight fraud more effectively.

October 8
3 Min Read
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A new report links a surge in consumer complaints to two financial influencers selling dubious advice and products to millions of followers online.

October 7
5 Min Read

Honorees from 2024's Most Influential Women in Payments, representing companies such as MoneyGram, Walmart, Segpay and more, share insights into how how artificial intelligence is changing their companies and their industry.

February 27
8 Min Read
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American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments share their views on artificial intelligence, hybrid offices, real-time payments and more.

February 27
1 Min Read
Sabrina Tharani

In her day-to-day job directing activities at the card network's Start Path accelerator, Sabrina Tharani helps nurture companies that are developing new payments products and services.

July 28
4 Min Read
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