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Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman floated the idea of allowing employees to hold small amounts of digital currencies, arguing that it would help with retention and understanding of the product. But some questions whether the move will yield those results, or raise ethical problems instead.

As more states pass legislation, it's become a challenge for firms to stay on top of compliance. Executives spoke with American Banker about their strategies.

Trump has yet to decide when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will return to the market in an IPO that regulator Bill Pulte says could top $1 trillion.

FRNT is designed to streamline government disbursements while acting as a lure for digital financial services firms.

Horizon Bancorp said it will raise about $200 million in capital to fund a major balance-sheet restructuring. The move would dilute existing shareholders, and the company's stock price dipped on Thursday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau initiated a new rulemaking process for its open banking rule with a focus on who can serve as a representative for the consumer and whether banks can charge fees to third parties for consumer data.

Trump's demand that Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook resign is the latest in his dangerous effort to assert control over the central bank. Fed independence is critical to the health of the U.S. economy and must be preserved.

The digital bank gives its business clients the option of feeding their bank account data into Anthropic's large language model, which will then provide answers to their questions.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Thursday terminated a 2022 enforcement order against Anchorage Digital, the first federally regulated crypto bank, at a time when fintechs and crypto firms are increasingly seeking national trust charters.

Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

More nonbank digital asset firms are applying for national trust charters, a development that many banking organizations oppose due to what they say is inadequate oversight, lack of congressional intent and no FDIC backstop.

The Federal Open Market Committee member is the third Democrat the Trump administration has accused of committing occupancy fraud.

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, which is focusing its growth push in the Southeast, is also planning to renovate 300 existing offices as part of an effort to attract more mass-affluent customers.

The Swedish financial institution will sell future buy now/pay later originations to Nelnet. Also, RBC and BMO may sell their payments joint venture; and other news in the global payments and fintech roundup.

Scott Simpson, the next CEO of America's Credit Unions, talked to American Banker about how he plans to fend off a "clear attempt to try to destroy the business model."