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Banks in the hurricane's path are focused on finding employees and restarting operations. Those that do business in Western North Carolina are facing an especially grueling recovery.

Digital Federal Credit Union and First Tech Federal Credit Union, among the largest in the country, originated from technology companies.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged a recent upward revision to income and savings data as a sign of economic strength. He said the information could factor into the central bank's monetary policy discourse during the Fed's next interest rate meeting in November.

Travis Hill says holistic metrics for assessing bank mergers introduce unnecessary unpredictability and deviate from established measures of competition. Hill also provides insight on the status of the stalled Basel endgame proposal.

The bill would have forced several restrictions on the largest AI model providers, including a so-called "kill switch." A new version could restrict the riskiest uses of AI, such as for loan and hiring decisions.

Citigroup, First National Bank and Marqeta headlined some of the biggest changes in executive leadership in the banking, fintech and payments industries.

In September's roundup of top tech news: Banks and credit unions continue to shift away from banking as a service, Donald Trump announces planned launch of World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency firm and more.

In September's roundup of top banking news: Check fraud goes viral at JPMorgan Chase, Truist Financial resets its tangible common equity target, Wells Fargo faces new AML woes and more.

Instant payment adoption in the U.S. is growing but still trails countries such as Brazil and India. Generative artificial intelligence could be the key to help financial institutions accelerate payment velocity.

An American Bankers Association panel of forecasters predicted slower growth, but it said the U.S. economy would likely avoid a recession, sparing lenders deep credit quality woes.

Federal regulators have rewritten the rules for bank mergers in a way that will discourage the kinds of deals necessary to preserve healthy regional banks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule is supposed to put small banks on a more even footing with their larger rivals. But PNC CEO Bill Demchak says larger banks' advantages in tech and economies of scale will win the day.

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition and four fintechs want the agencies to act on the White House's executive order on artificial intelligence.

As a public company, the neobank would have the capital support to keep growing quickly. It would also have to rein in costs and show a profit.

First Republic's failure last year left its wine bankers available for poaching. The group joined Umpqua Bank, whose expansion in the wine business comes at a tricky time for the industry.