Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released new legislative language Monday night that includes a ban on institutional investors' purchase of single family homes and a temporary ban on the Federal Reserve issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency.
Top tech news in November: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's appointee to the Office of Financial Technology comes into question, Mint's closure presents opportunities for banks, bank and fintech leaders look toward generative artificial intelligence for innovation and more.
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The company is selling its Genius platform to large restaurant and entertainment companies in an attempt to counter the wave of improvements from its rivals.
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Stablecore, a recently founded fintech, completed its first funding round with the goal of bringing stablecoin technology to banks and credit unions.
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PayPal, Google and Mastercard in recent days expanded support for agentic AI commerce. Card issuers will need to respond quickly to compete, payment experts say.
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Joe Skarda, who was previously managing director of JPMorgan Chase’s U.S. wealth management central division, will oversee a unit that houses Key’s private bank, family wealth and mass affluent business segments.
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The Charlotte, N.C., company and the nonprofit Operation HOPE already partner to provide coaching at nearly two dozen counseling centers within Truist’s branches. They plan to add 26 more counseling hubs, serving 1,000 Truist branches, by 2025.
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The San Diego company will pay $55 million to Morgan Stanley for a business that has 200 custody relationships, $23 billion of custodial assets and $1.2 billion of deposits.
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Stress tests suggest systemically important depositories could weather current risks. Meanwhile, single-family arrears remain low, but that business could be impacted.
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Even if the 30-year fixed were to slip further to 6.4%, it is not enough to end the seller's strike, economists said.
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Some proposed changes to uniform mortgage-backed securities, apartment loans and derivatives will be made while one involving credit reports and scores was pulled.
Customers are sprinkling symbols into their texts, and it's a challenge for banks to fine-tune systems to support the use of the cartoon code in communications.
The Olympia, Washington-based acquirer expects the all-stock acquisition of Kitsap Bank's holding company to close in the first quarter of 2026.
The payments company submitted applications to the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to create PayPal Bank. If approved, Mara McNeill, the former president and CEO of Toyota Financial Savings Bank, will serve as PayPal Bank's president.
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An administration willing to rethink longstanding regulatory norms could implement targeted reforms that unlock the potential for increased investment, innovation and job creation across the country.
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Whether intentionally or not, regulatory incentives and punishments drive banks out of a lending market, to the detriment of the banking industry, consumers, American business and, in the long run, regulators themselves.
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President Trump's first administration laid the foundation for open banking in the United States through market-oriented principles. His second administration now has the opportunity to build upon this foundation.
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At an investor day in London, Banco Santander executives laid out the Spanish company's new financial goals, including a goal to improve a key profitability metric in the U.S. The pending acquisition of Webster Financial in Connecticut is part of the strategy to achieve higher returns, they said.
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The investment broker announced a real-time trading and settlement option for its tokenized money market fund through USDC stablecoins and the ethereum ledger.
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In this week's American Banker global payments and fintech roundup, Revolut, Tether and Circle made announcements designed to improve their standing in the stablecoin market. That comes amid new research from McKinsey that says the digital asset is growing quickly, but has not made even a small dent in payments.
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BMO moved closer to hitting company-wide and U.S. profit targets after reporting increased first-quarter profits.
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Cybersecurity stocks tumbled after Anthropic unveiled a new vulnerability scanner, prompting vendors to defend their runtime protection platforms.
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There's speculation about a potential deal, which could boost Stripe's merchant appeal and accelerate its agentic commerce strategy. But payment experts also say Stripe could face a bidding war that includes AI companies.
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After a long price correction in the art market, Bank of America is expanding its advisory services for collectors — and it's not alone.
Banks, trade groups and regulators are eligible to join a group convened by Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or Fincen, which will weigh in on anti-money-laundering rules, Bank Secrecy Act modernization and implementation of a recently passed stablecoin bill.
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