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  • Cryptocurrency
    'We're leveling up': Anchorage Digital Bank restructures

    One of the few crypto companies to receive a banking charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Anchorage is putting more people and resources into compliance.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    January 31
    Georgia Quinn and Rachel Anderika, Anchorage Digital
  • Corporate governance
    How bank executives can avoid scandals

    Corporate-governance and ethics experts offer tips to avoid management wrongdoing at all levels of a bank.

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    By Chana Schoenberger
    Editor-in-Chief
    January 31
    How Bank Execs Avoid Scandals
  • Wells Fargo investigation
    Chapter 1: A turbulent departure

    As the phony-accounts scandal is brewing in 2014, the executive who functions as the top cop inside Wells Fargo gets shown the door.

    By Kevin Wack
    Banking Editor
    January 31
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  • Wells Fargo investigation
    Editor's Note: Why the Wells Fargo fake-accounts scandal matters to all bankers

    The giant bank's woes, and punishment, began years ago — and still linger today. Revisiting the saga's origins now yields several important lessons.

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    By Chana Schoenberger
    Editor-in-Chief
    January 31
    Wells Fargo Reports Record Profit As Credit Improves
  • Regulation and compliance
    Banks say CFPB's data access rule ratchets up liability risks

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data-access rule could create an uneven playing field because banks and credit unions are examined by regulators but hundreds of nonbank fintechs are not.

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    By Kate Berry
    Reporter
    January 30
    Rohit Chopra
  • Community banking
    Bankers see pockets of strength amid recession indicators

    Indexes show heightened expectations for a recession and souring loans. But executives are upbeat about middle-market businesses and overall job growth.

    By Jim Dobbs
    Deputy Editor, Community Banks
    January 30
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  • Payments
    Marqeta makes a $275 million bet on embedded finance

    The company's first-ever acquisition, of Power Finance, will allow it to fuel a banking-as-a-service model for credit cards and other financial products under the direction of its new CEO, Simon Khalaf.

    By John Adams
    Executive Editor, Payments
    January 30
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  • BankThink There's a surprising risk lurking in the details of bank mergers

    Banks need to be cautious about negotiating pre-merger Community Benefit Agreements with nationwide activist groups. The deals carry real reputational hazard.

    January 30
    Kenneth H. Thomas
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    K.H. Thomas Associates
  • Artificial intelligence
    How banks should deal with AI's risks, according to NIST

    An AI framework released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology this week is the government's advice on coping with pitfalls and making the software trustworthy.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    January 27
  • College planning
    'A huge mistake': Lessons from the JPMorgan-Frank fintech deal

    JPMorgan Chase alleges in a lawsuit that the college-planning website Frank provided misleading information before the bank bought it. Experts say there were plenty of red flags from the beginning.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    January 27
    Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase
  • Politics and policy
    Debt default would make Lehman bankruptcy 'look like a walk in the park'

    Repo markets and the bank deposit business, in particular, would be upended if the U.S. were to default on its debt, experts say.

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    By Claire Williams
    Reporter
    January 27
    Kevin McCarthy
  • Payments
    How Splitit and Checkout.com's Alipay partnership opens new markets

    The U.S. payment companies say their tie-in to the Chinese digital wallet is a doorway to one of the biggest e-commerce audiences on the planet.

    By John Adams
    Executive Editor, Payments
    January 27
    A sign for digital payment service Ant Financial's Alipay.
  • Regulation and compliance
    Auto lending practices draw regulatory scrutiny for USAA

    It is rare for banks, especially large ones, to receive unsatisfactory ratings in their Community Reinvestment Act examinations. The San Antonio bank has now done it twice in a row.

    Kyle Campbell, Washington bureau, American Banker
    By Kyle Campbell
    Staff writer
    January 26
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  • Commercial banking
    Office loans spark scrutiny at First Citizens, Webster

    North Carolina-based First Citizens blamed a rise in problem credit on certain office loans that it acquired in the CIT Group merger. Connecticut-based Webster also expressed caution about the segment, which has been impacted by remote work policies.

    By Allissa Kline and John Reosti
    January 26
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  • Earnings
    Webster CEO touts recent deal for deposit-gathering platform

    As deposits grow scarcer, the Stamford, Connecticut-based bank's acquisition of interLINK earlier this month promises to yield billions of dollars in core funding it can put to work paying down borrowings or purchasing securities, CEO John Ciulla says.

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    By John Reosti
    Reporter
    January 26
    John Ciulla, CEO of Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn.
  • Industry News
    Berkshire Hills says lending outlook 'remains strong'

    The Boston bank reported broad-based increases in loans during the fourth quarter, and said it's upbeat about its forecast for 2023. "I think the reason why we're comfortable is because we haven't changed our credit box at all," said CEO Nitin Mhatre.

    By Polo Rocha
    Staff Writer
    January 26
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  • Artificial intelligence
    Commonwealth, Chase renew research on tech for low-income Americans

    The nonprofit is entering phase two of its project with JPMorgan Chase intended to understand how conversational AI and emerging technologies can help low- to moderate-income consumers.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    January 26
    Timothy Flacke, co-founder and executive director of Commonwealth
  • Payments
    Despite headwinds, Mastercard reports strong consumer spending

    The card network sees digital payment opportunities and upside from China's reopening, but inflation and the slower pace of travel spending could slow growth.

    By John Adams
    Executive Editor, Payments
    January 26
    Michael Miebach, Mastercard
  • Commercial banking
    U.S. Bancorp sees big opportunity in California after Union Bank deal

    With the $7.5 billion acquisition, the Minneapolis bank bolstered its customer base in the nation's most populous state by more than 1 million. Earnings accretion from the combination could offset slower loan growth this year.

    By Jim Dobbs
    Deputy Editor, Community Banks
    January 25
    U.S. Bancorp
  • Cyber security
    Why this bank CIO is not a fan of password managers

    Rusty Haferkamp, the head of IT at Central National Bank in Waco, Texas, discusses his vigilant approach to protecting his bank from cyberattacks.

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    By Carter Pape
    Technology Reporter
    January 25
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