The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
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The Swedish financial technology firm issued its first stablecoin and signed a gift card distribution deal with BlackRock. Also, EMVCo is examining AI's impact on processing and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
November 26
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U.S. commercial banks and savings banks have reduced employment by nearly 81,000 since the first quarter of 2023, including a net loss of 7,463 positions during the third quarter of this year, according to a new report from KRBA Financial Intelligence. Big banks, which have been embracing artificial intelligence, were big contributors to the decline.
November 26
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The activist investor HoldCo Asset Management alleges that Comerica and Fifth Third used a "flawed" process to arrive at a $10.9 billion merger agreement. On Tuesday, a Delaware judge said she will hold a hearing to determine if the banks omitted material information in their public disclosures.
November 25
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The New York Stock Exchange disclosed the news on Monday of the sudden passing of its head of International Capital Markets.
November 25
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Bank of Marin Bancorp in Novato has sold a big chunk of low-yielding securities, replacing them with investments that should produce significantly more income.
November 25
Pinnacle and Peapack-Gladstone have sought to preserve their corporate cultures during periods of major change.
Banks with more than $10 billion of assets made up 12% of American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list.
Of the 90 honorees on American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list, 28 had between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.
After buying the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Raleigh-based regional joined a growing number of banks fighting to serve Boston's tech startups, life sciences entrepreneurs and fund investors.
Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has refused to request funding from the Federal Reserve System, many experts see the case making its way to the Supreme Court.
The two regional banks, which are combining in a merger of equals, had previously said they expected to complete the deal sometime in the first quarter of 2026.
The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
The technology company recently announced iris authentication in smart glasses, bringing new attention to a nascent high-tech payment option that has also attracted Mastercard and Bank of America.
International banks and enterprising fintechs are flocking to Mexico in an effort to grab market share in Latin America's second-largest economy. But there is still room for a homegrown neobank to put down roots.
After buying the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Raleigh-based regional joined a growing number of banks fighting to serve Boston's tech startups, life sciences entrepreneurs and fund investors.
Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has refused to request funding from the Federal Reserve System, many experts see the case making its way to the Supreme Court.
The two regional banks, which are combining in a merger of equals, had previously said they expected to complete the deal sometime in the first quarter of 2026.
The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
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.
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has refused to request funding from the Federal Reserve System, many experts see the case making its way to the Supreme Court.
The two regional banks, which are combining in a merger of equals, had previously said they expected to complete the deal sometime in the first quarter of 2026.
The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
After buying the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Raleigh-based regional joined a growing number of banks fighting to serve Boston's tech startups, life sciences entrepreneurs and fund investors.
Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has refused to request funding from the Federal Reserve System, many experts see the case making its way to the Supreme Court.
The two regional banks, which are combining in a merger of equals, had previously said they expected to complete the deal sometime in the first quarter of 2026.
The bank is a step closer to having its own U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. It could become the first major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.
Zions Bancorp. is among the latest banks to report material losses due to alleged borrower fraud. Stocks of regional lenders plunged on Thursday.
Merchants alleged the major card networks illegally conspired to shift fraud liability onto them with the adoption of EMV chip technology.
Amid growing deepfake threats and successful biometric bypass attempts by fraudsters, the bank added an extra layer of security to strengthen the authentication process.
After a three-decade climb up the corporate ladder, Reda took on her most daunting task yet: launching the card network's new consumer banking unit.
Associate partner Mary Ann Francis is a risk taker — the kind who jumps off a waterfall without a parachute. She brings this same boldness to her work at IBM, where her decades of banking experience help the tech giant find new opportunities for artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
This year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees are uniquely positioned to make the most of disruptive factors such as the advancement of artificial intelligence, central bank digital currencies and real-time payments.
- Generative AI will remove toil from our day to day jobs, argues Lukic, who is managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group.Sponsored by IntraFi
- "We want to put banks in the risk management driver's seat," says Sima Gandhi, co-founder of the Council for Fintech Ecosystem Standards, which has worked with a group of fintechs to create risk and compliance standards banks can use to evaluate their fintech partners.Sponsored by IntraFi
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As banks change layouts to focus more on customer experience, the ATM company is leaning into AI-powered management and simplified technology sales to keep self-service kiosks relevant.
November 24
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The Natural Treasury Employees Union has asked a district court to clarify whether Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has complied with a preliminary injunction.
November 24
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HoldCo Asset Management alleged in a court filing that Comerica's directors and Chairman and CEO Curt Farmer breached their fiduciary duties to investors, in part because negotiations for the bank's sale to Fifth Third took just 17 days.
November 23
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the new oath was necessary because prior leadership engaged in what it describes as "thuggery" during exams. Former CFPB officials rejected the agency's characterization of past actions.
November 21
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Regulators officially ended the high-profile enforcement action over the 2020 breach, a move applauded by security leaders fearing personal liability.
November 21
