BankThink

Some countries are toying with digitizing their currencies; NY Fed chief defends SOFR despite recent concerns about repo market volatility.

Andres Wolberg-Stok at Citi and Sam Taussig at Kabbage debate openness, privacy, control, and how much say consumers should have over their banking information.

The U.S. should pass a law with the teeth of GDPR or PSD2, says KnowBe4's Lecio De Paula Jr.

Fintechs that simply offer cosmetic upgrades to the cumbersome American banking system won't survive.

The revised trading rule is seen as a credit negative for the banking industry.

Building capital will help the mortgage agencies move toward the private sector; Virtual Wellness needs to assure banks it's safe to do business with them.

Unlike using cash in the analog world, on the Internet everybody--including hackers--leaves digital traces, says Bird & Bird's Martin von Haller Grønbæk.

How do you keep the all-male CEO club at the biggest banks intact? Let us count the ways. Could a woman be the next CEO at UBS? Maybe. At Wells Fargo? Less likely.

While many lenders lately managed their business expecting reduced volume, now they get to capitalize on extremely low mortgage rates. But today's benevolent conditions will not always be with the industry.

From expanding their membership to buying naming rights for major stadiums, some bankers and industry observers argue big credit unions are taking unfair advantage of their tax exemption.