BankThink

In November 1999, we covered the repeal of a Depression-era banking law in the style of an obituary. It seemed unthinkable that today we'd be talking about a resurrection.

Some shareholders can help increase corporate accountability using a little-known but effective tool called a shareholder proposal. But now this tool is threatened by financial reform legislation.

Cutbacks coincide with drop in car sales; capital markets expected to lose 200,000 jobs net to artificial intelligence.

Innovators offer speed, but banks retain customer relationships and a vast product range that can add services to payments.

The Federal Reserve’s next policy actions will have profound impact on whether the U.S. income and wealth gap grows even wider.

The full-scale attack on the “orderly liquidation authority,” the Dodd-Frank Act provision authorizing the government to manage wind-downs of failed companies, is unfortunate.

Senate votes 61-37 to confirm Trump's choice of Wall Street lawyer as head of securities agency; House Financial Services Committee to vote Wednesday on bill to rollback Dodd-Frank.

Third party 'pays' and app companies like Uber are making the payment almost invisible, and threatening banks' relationships with consumers, writes G. Vedanarayan and David Griffiths of VirtusaPolaris.

Once millennials and tech-oriented consumers become the majority of banks’ customer base, disruption will cease to be just a threat. It will be a fact.

Bankers are well aware of the industry transformation taking place. However, they need to convince employees that change is worthwhile before turning reimagined business models into realities.