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Later this week, the Federal Reserve will release the results of its annual check-up on larger banks' balance sheets. Experts say there are always surprises, but that pending capital rules may have a bigger impact than the stress-test results on banks' dividend and buyback decisions.

A plan reportedly being floated by the Federal Reserve would reduce the top-line capital raise for the biggest banks by as little as 5% — down from 16% in the original proposal from last July.

As many financial institutions around the world prepare to adopt the ISO 20022 standard for sending international payments by March of 2025, experts say banks failing to make timely preparations could risk losing some customers and payments volume.

There were 27 bank acquisitions worth $5.45 billion announced in the second quarter as of mid-June. That was more than the $5.2 billion combined value of deals announced over the previous five quarters.

The former head of Square Banking at Square is one of American Banker's 2024 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

The CEO and founder of SpringFour is one of American Banker's 2024 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

The Co-founder and CEO of Stratyfy is one of American Banker's 2024 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

The chief growth officer at Pagaya is one of American Banker's 2024 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

The CEO of FIS is one of American Banker's 2024 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

Klarna is looking to get out of one of its key payments businesses after the financial technology giant found the unit created a conflict of interest with peers like Adyen or Stripe.