The racially targeted mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022 has renewed conversations about whether banks have a duty to help segregated, impoverished communities that were shaped in part by discriminatory lending practices. What do banks owe the Black community, and what influence could they have?

Median noninterest income at midsize banks rose 7.2% in the second quarter, exceeding expectations. Dallas-based Texas Capital stood out from the pack, reporting a large uptick in fee income thanks largely to its new investment banking platform.

Gateway First Bank, a former nonbank home lender, rode the pandemic era's mortgage wave to No. 1 on American Banker's latest list of top-performing banks based on full-year 2022 data. Now it has to cope with the housing market slowdown.

Payment companies hope the government-backed rail could spur both domestic and international growth for instant settlement.

Cloud giants are making major investments in generative AI and large language models. Their financial services clients are mostly in test-and-learn mode.

Dream First Bank of Syracuse, Kan. is assuming all deposits and most of the assets of Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kan. following a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., representing a $54.2 million hit to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Big Poppy Bancorp has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire up to 24.99% of Summit State Bank. Both institutions are headquartered in Santa Rosa. Combining them would create the city's biggest bank.

In her day-to-day job directing activities at the card network's Start Path accelerator, Sabrina Tharani helps nurture companies that are developing new payments products and services.

Business cards provide a tactile experience that digital forms of communication do not replicate. They offer a tangible reminder of a discussion, which can be far more memorable.

The Federal Reserve released its list of large bank capital requirements based on the results from this year's stress test. While overall capital obligations will decline, some firms will have to hold more capital.

The bank hasn't explained why person-to-person payments, bill processing and account-transfer services went down for parts of two days this week. But observers suspect glitches in its legacy systems could occur at other financial institutions and increasingly affect real-time payment networks.

The Hicksville, New York, company says its deposit base is stable and poised for growth four months after its acquisition of the failed Signature Bank, some of whose depositors fled to larger banks. Private bankers — including new hires from another failed bank, First Republic — are trying to win back lost deposits.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already revolutionizing some elements of the business, but a human ability to "read between the lines" will always be needed.

Post-merger Banc of California will target "in-market relationship banking" by focusing on treasury management services and loan growth to boost "low-cost" commercial deposits, CEO Jared Wolff said.

Greenwood Financial and The Gathering Spot, a network of private clubs for the Black community, say they have reached an agreement after six months of lawsuits.

BMO Financial Group will enable payments, hold deposits and more for Grounded Technologies, a company that sources funding for banks from a diverse mix of asset managers.

The $417 million agreement would give Richmond, Virginia-based Atlantic Union Bankshares "the critical mass" it needs in its home state and neighboring North Carolina, according to CEO John Asbury. He and his counterpart Jeff Haley at American National Bankshares in Danville, Virginia, describe each other as longtime pals.

Bank loyalty platform provider Wildfire Systems unveils a tool that could enable banks to earn revenue from merchants when customers click on personalized offers embedded in content via generative AI.

Credit metrics are deteriorating as more cardholders fall behind on their payments. But bank CEOs detect few causes for alarm, saying they plan to stay in growth mode since most consumers have stayed current.

Banks may be trying to pay less of a special assessment to recoup the losses to the deposit insurance fund after the regional bank crisis this spring.