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American Bankers Association CEO Rob Nichols argued Tuesday that the trade group had no choice but to sue federal agencies that "overstepped" their authority. Former Trump-appointed regulators expressed support for the industry's increased willingness to take its overseers to court.

Shannon Shallcross is a Tedx speaker and has coached dozens of data and insurtech startups, advising Fortune 500 clients on analytics strategy as head of client management for a national health-tech company and co-founder of BetaXAnalytics, a company that pioneered emerging data science techniques using AI to remove the barriers to transparent and actionable data. She also spent 12 years with Amica Insurance running branch sales and service operations across the country. Currently, she is head of client services at Pinpoint.

A trio of Republican Congressmen stated they will investigate how the program got fast-tracked by the Biden Administration.

The average annual cash bonus fell 2% to $176,500 in 2023, the lowest since 2019. The drop was far less dramatic than it was in 2022, when the average bonus slumped 25%.

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., majority whip of the U.S. House, says Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry's digital market structure bill could be ready for a vote in the full chamber.

Industry veterans are wary of prospective borrowers who can't pay for agents, and of compensation guidelines clashing with government mortgage lending programs.

Banks are proceeding with caution as a new generation of AI tools arises.

Judicial review of bad rulemaking is a right that all regulated industries enjoy. But some industries avail themselves more than others, and the ones that rely on it the most tend to get worse policies. Banks should take notice.

Rachel Roney is an associate in the Dallas office of the Labor and Employment group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

Amber M. Rogers is a partner in the Dallas office of the Labor and Employment group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.