Noelle Acheson unpacks the differences between stablecoins and tokenized deposits, and what they mean for both
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Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
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In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
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The Federal Reserve has banned a Wyoming bank employee from the banking industry for embezzling more than $30,000 from a charity.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its unemployment report for June, showing that the economy added 147,000 jobs. The report supports the Federal Reserve's patience to cut interest rates.
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A Federal Reserve proposal to calculate stress capital buffers would mean that the banking system could be less likely to withstand an economic shock, the Democratic senator said.
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The president and his allies have stepped up their verbal attacks on the Federal Reserve and its chairman in recent weeks, and while the tough talk has not changed policy, it has sent a clear message to the financial sector.
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Backed by tech billionaires, the crypto-focused digital startup bank's timely application reflects the current administration's openness to new tech-driven banking models — and raises concerns about regulatory impartiality, considering its backers' political ties.
July 2
Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.
Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.
Among banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of assets, those that targeted narrow lending markets rose to the top.
Noelle Acheson unpacks the differences between stablecoins and tokenized deposits, and what they mean for both
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Patrick Nelli is the CEO & Founder of Aligned Marketplace. Prior to Aligned Marketplace, Patrick spent a decade at Health Catalyst (HCAT), a data and analytics company focused on supporting some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country, where he was President and Chief Financial Officer and helped take the company public. At Health Catalyst, he helped build value-based care analytics for some of the largest ACOs in the country in pursuit of Health Catalyst's mission to deliver data-informed improvement. Patrick's passion is to drive as much healthcare improvement as possible through innovation.
Noelle Acheson unpacks the differences between stablecoins and tokenized deposits, and what they mean for both
Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.
Patrick Nelli is the CEO & Founder of Aligned Marketplace. Prior to Aligned Marketplace, Patrick spent a decade at Health Catalyst (HCAT), a data and analytics company focused on supporting some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country, where he was President and Chief Financial Officer and helped take the company public. At Health Catalyst, he helped build value-based care analytics for some of the largest ACOs in the country in pursuit of Health Catalyst's mission to deliver data-informed improvement. Patrick's passion is to drive as much healthcare improvement as possible through innovation.
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.
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The credit union regulator, responding to a recent executive order, has established strict new standards for prosecuting financial crimes. Regulators are now supposed to make criminal referrals only in cases where putative defendants appear to have known they were breaking the law.
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Michael Gibson, director of the Federal Reserve's supervision and regulation division, has accepted the agency's voluntary resignation offer and plans to leave this month after more than three decades at the central bank.
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Three bank trade associations recommended phasing out paper checks to reduce government payment fraud in a joint statement submitted to the U.S. Treasury.
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Baton Rouge-based Investar Holding Corp. has agreed to pay $84 million for Wichita Falls Bancshares, which operates five branches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
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The all-cash transaction will make the enlarged company the U.K.'s third-largest lender by some measures.
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