BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Association of Vermont CUs has received a $130,000 federal grant to help finance financial education programs for the state’s teenagers.
The state league will work with local business leaders, educators and volunteers to teach middle and high school students the importance of financial literacy. It includes balancing a checkbook, saving money, qualifying for a mortgage and use of credit cards.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, secured the funding.
Research from Cerulli Associates suggests that many RIAs have a long way to go with AI adoption while already finding possible ramifications for back-office staff.
Regulators want firms to spot where several critical functions ride on one provider, a question the department's earlier vendor guidance did not ask.
The digital asset and card-issuing firms are supplying the guts to enable transactions for cards and digital wallets, betting that Mastercard's ties to both firms will be attractive to banks, consumers and merchants.
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.
Advisors can leverage the updated opportunity zone program, starting in January, to help ultrahigh net worth clients defer capital gains.
As advisors rush to build their own AI tools, experts warn that guardrails need to cover data going in, not just data going out.
