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The Brazilian digital bank is bringing its services to U.S. consumers through a partnership with Lead Bank as it awaits its own final charter approval.

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.

Bank and credit union regulators proposed a rule that would apply more supervisory oversight to core service providers, saying the firms sometimes provide little transparency to banks and can disrupt due diligence processes.

The decrease in jumbo availability accounted for much of the drop in the latest mortgage credit index, as conforming and government offerings were unchanged.

The consumer price index rose 0.4% last month, in line with July's reading. For a monetary policy committee that has been split on inflation, the inconclusive report will compel the Fed to make a call on whether to raise interest rates or stay put.

Artificial intelligence tools will certainly change the way the banking industry operates, but they won't eliminate the need to build your business on a firm foundation of care for employees, customers and shareholders.

I don't go in much for 9/11 retrospectives. I've never seen any documentaries about it, never seen any movies about it, never read any books. I don't need to. I saw the event itself.

Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown scrambled to reopen in the days following the World Trade Center attacks. The exercise resulted in the bank's first disaster-recovery plan.

Less than half the information banks share under the program relates to money laundering or terrorist financing, by Fincen's own count. Most is fraud.

New York's Arrow Financial and Pennsylvania's First Commonwealth Financial were seeing their insurance revenue grow before they announced agency purchases this week. Prior to 2025, banks were shedding their insurance agencies.