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Check fraud has risen 385% since the pandemic, with criminals using stolen mail and digital tools to deceive major financial institutions.

The activist investor HoldCo Asset Management said Monday that it doesn't plan to pursue proxy battles this spring at either Key or Eastern. It had been agitating publicly over the banks' M&A strategies.

Derek Horstmeyer is a professor of finance at George Mason University's Costello College of Business. He is the co-founder and director of the Student Managed Investment Fund, and the founder and director of The Future of Finance Lab.

Jack Dorsey's payments company also laid off employees early in 2025 and 2024 following a self-imposed employee cap of 12,000 in November 2023.

James Woodfall, founder of Raise Your EI, is a former financial planner who now advises financial services and firms on how they can leverage emotional intelligence (EI) to improve individual and organizational performance. He is the co-author, with Cliff Lansley, of "The Heart of Finance," which teaches finance professionals to develop the emotional intelligence needed to build effective and profitable client relationships.

Chris Juneau is senior vice president and head of product marketing at SAP Concur.

Being a good CFO does not always translate into being a good CEO. Ken Thomas identifies ten different kinds of CFOs who just aren't chief executive officer material.

To address a budget deficit, the state of Washington has begun taxing credit unions that buy banks. Critics say there's just one problem: The tax will deter any such acquisitions from happening.

Kohler Credit Union, Think Bank and Communication Federal Credit Union gave their onboarding and direct deposit tech an upgrade through fintech partnerships.

Some distressed companies that tapped the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program say they've been crushed by the agency's hard-line stance on modifications.