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Outstandings top 2008 high mark, prompting some concerns; big banks are expected to take $31 billion in writeoffs from fourth quarter earnings due to tax reform.

New models are emerging, including joint initiatives between established banks and new alternative lending players, as well as those incorporating blockchain and cryptocurrencies, writes Eugene Green from WishFinance.

J. Mark McWatters of the National Credit Union Administration will have no favorites among community financial institutions.

Companies like Visa and Mastercard make decisions about security in secrecy, without enough input from banks and merchants.

Criticism of payday lenders is deserved and Congress should not throw out the CFPB's short-term lending measure.

A House bill would create a database to track true ownership of corporations; Wall Street regulator wants banks to improve disclosure of risks to consumers.

Account takeover's harder to quantify than payment fraud because it has so many elements and downstream impacts, writes Kevin Lee, trust and safety architect at Sift Science.

How politics, corruption, population growth and new technology are reshaping banking in Central and South America.

Integration is the future of business management. There’s an unlimited availability of powerful tools out there that make us wonder how we ever did business prior, writes Rob Nathan, an executive vice president at CardConnect.

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