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Threat intelligence has become a viable option for banks looking to gain insights about fraudsters communicating on Telegram with other criminals.

Shahid Naeem, Policy Analyst, American Economic Liberties Project.

Led by House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., Republican lawmakers asked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to develop a plan to make sure small businesses can come into compliance with its new beneficial ownership rule.

Federal bank regulators issued proposed guidelines for banks and other mortgage lenders to craft policies around reconsideration of value requests. The move is the latest aimed at rooting out bias in home appraisals.

An analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows that 37 of the 50 largest U.S. banks reported increases in total assets after a series of regional lender failures.

Josh Williams, chief banking officer for Seattle Bank, explains how changes in payments technology will affect smaller institutions.

The FDIC gave Cadence Bank in Mississippi the highest possible rating on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act evaluation. Cadence was the product of a 2021 merger completed just months after the acquired bank settled a federal lending discrimination case.

The seller announced the delay to give it time to solicit more votes in favor of the deal. It plans to push a June 13 meeting to next month, when shareholders will decide whether to approve the transaction.

Gavin Nachbar is the CEO and co-founder of Column Tax, a personal income tax software company whose APIs enable mobile banks and fintech companies to offer embedded tax products to their end users. Before moving into the world of taxes, he worked in strategy and operations for Waymo, Dropbox and Premise Data. 

Regulators need to recognize the uniqueness and potential of cryptocurrency instead of seeking to fit crypto assets into an outdated regulatory framework.