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Bankers need to understand that artificial intelligence services are increasingly used by customers shopping for banking services. The chatbots can be pretty unsparing in their assessments.
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Lenders fronting the money for massive arrays of AI-friendly semiconductors have no visibility into their actual output. That could change with better reporting standards modeled after the energy industry.
September 17
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Small banks are uniquely vulnerable to local climate disasters, from floods to wildfires to tornadoes. Supervisors should be playing a more active role in helping them identify, measure and manage their risk.
September 16
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Just because apps can categorize your spending and provide feedback doesn't mean that those insights are always helpful, or even welcome. Some empathy needs to be built into their design.
September 15
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Parties trying to restrict stablecoin rewards have been relying on a trio of false claims that, despite public debunking, continue to be spread. At some point, the repetition of fake talking points begins to look purposeful.
September 14
State Street promotes Ann Fogarty to chief operating officer and names Mostapha Tahiri president of State Street Alpha; Florida's Portrait Bank expects to open for business on Saturday; Texas Capital Bancshares is on the lookout for a new chief risk officer following the departure of David Oman; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
North Carolina-based First Citizens BancShares completes its acquisition of 138 branches across 11 states; City National Bank appoints Chad Lloyd senior vice president and head of RBC U.S. Mortgage; London-based payments processor Checkout.com launches its U.S. subsidiary in Georgia; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
A consortium of international FIs are planning to issue a U.S. stablecoin in early 2027; London-based OpenPayd has entered the U.S. through its acquisition of MSB USA; the U.K. fined Citi £4.7 million ($6.3 million) for hundreds of transactions in breach of sanctions against Russia; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Some midsize firms joined three giants of the industry in surpassing their peers among independent brokerages, in terms of the percentage increase in their average payouts per financial advisor last year.
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