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The company reached an inflection point for loan growth and posted its sixth consecutive quarter of improving credit. But CFO Perry Beberman cautioned that higher fuel prices and depressed consumer sentiment could eventually pressure its outlook.

A decline in Middle East travel and higher fuel prices should not put a major dent in the company's performance, execs said Thursday.

The Charlotte-based bank is hoping to bring request for payment technology into the mainstream. Early Warning sees bill pay as another use case to expand its payment network beyond its peer-to-peer roots.

First Citizens finally pulls the plug on the failed bank it acquired in 2023. Also, prediction markets are keeping regulators and lawyers busy.

Portable mortgages are an interesting idea in theory, and might work well, if underwritten properly. But making existing mortgages portable on a retroactive basis would be both unworkable and unfair.

After Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in 2023, its remains were acquired by First Citizens Bancshares, which kept using the failed bank's name and logo. At the end of 2026, that's coming to an end.

An uptick in problem loans within the heavily scrutinized office sector pushed down share prices at Rhode Island-based Washington Trust and Bank OZK in Little Rock, Arkansas, even though both banks reported solid profits.

Both banks deny their networks were breached. Experts say the data likely points to a single vendor that was compromised.

James filed a pair of lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini arguing that they violated New York's sports gambling laws.

Credit risk transfers, a means by which banks can move risk off their balance sheets, earned considerable bipartisan support in a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing Wednesday.