Data suggests that bank-focused shareholder activism in 2026 could exceed last year's activity, as investors continue to seek managerial and operational changes.

A former Democratic congressman will serve as vice president of wholesale banking at Truist Financial; Bank of America's $72.5 million settlement with sex trafficking victims of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is approved by a New York federal judge; HDFC plans to challenge the bankruptcy resolution involving a personal guarantee by media tycoon Subhash Chandra; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Amex, Capital One and Chase are outperforming airlines in airport lounge customer satisfaction. New entrants in the premium travel card space are opening their own lounges to compete.

At a time when the client experience is growing increasingly similar across different banking platforms, the banks that succeed will be those that deliver services tailored to the precise needs of individual customers.

Attackers are adding small banks and credit unions to their target lists, and a valid login is no longer proof the customer authorized the transfer.

Cogent Bank has tapped an industry veteran to lead a new unit focused on ensuring high-net-worth clients can smoothly transfer assets to their heirs.

The Canadian bank, which generates a significant portion of its revenue in the states, is on a path toward higher returns in the U.S., executives said Tuesday.

Community banks stand to gain from the proliferation of stablecoins. Organized programs meant to convince community bankers that stablecoins will drain their deposits are disingenuous.

The Texas Ratio, which tracks banks with underwater loan portfolios, is a reality check for the health of community banking.

There wasn't just one recipe for landing among the top-performing banks with $50 billion or more in assets. There were two — or, in some cases, a mix of both.

Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank's failure is expected to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $5.5 million. It is the fifth bank to fail this year, the most since 2023.

Brent Reston will serve as BMO Financial Group's inaugural chief digital officer; LCNB Corp. appoints Susan Zaunbrecher to its board; HSBC and Standard Chartered complete a bank-to-bank tokenized deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain-based ledger; and more in this week's banking news roundup

A federal grand jury says Garrett Douglas Johnson borrowed against law-firm trust accounts that never existed, using new loans to pay off the old ones.

OFG Bancorp, the parent company of Oriental Bank, has steadily climbed American Banker's rankings of the nation's top-performing banks. Here's how the Puerto Rican bank did it.

A former Regions Bank employee who's been banned from the industry was allegedly part of a fraud ring that cost the bank roughly $400,000.

Banco Santander has completed its purchase of Webster Financial. It plans to take the integration process slowly in order to avoid customer disruptions.

As the fintech IPO market is on pause and the total number of deals decreases, select firms are still collecting sizable equity checks from private investors.

Banks, credit unions and supervisors told the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council that the legal ambiguity of "material financial risk" in the agency's supervisory rating proposal will create problems for banks and regulators down the road.

Jeff Kesler leads a firm that recently struck a deal to acquire a small bank in Palmer, Texas. Kesler says he's on the lookout for other Lone Star State banks to buy.

During a court hearing Tuesday, appellate judges expressed skepticism about a Colorado effort to cap the rates on consumer loans that out-of-state banks make to Coloradans.