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Full-year revenue growth was 4%, surpassing the 3% to 3.5% guidance the firm gave in December. Charles Schwab expects revenue to increase by 13% to 15% this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s newly installed Acting Chairman Travis Hill issued a statement laying out his priorities for the agency, including reviewing and repealing Biden-era bank regulations, a softer approach to fintech and crypto and addressing so-called debanking.

Industry players, regulators and law enforcement will need to work together in 2025 to ensure that as Americans increasingly rely on digital payments, the fraudsters trying to take advantage of them are kept at bay.

Sunsetting the federal oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could ease the cost of renewing President Trump's 2017 tax act, but doing so is an uphill battle.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Vice Chair Travis Hill has assumed the duties of FDIC chair, National Credit Union Administration Vice Chair Kyle Hauptman took over as NCUA chair and Securities and Exchange Commission member Mark Uyeda will serve as acting chair of the SEC.

Some reforms to the system might be necessary, but it would be unwise to eliminate a critical source of funding for banks across the country.

The enhanced fintech partnership would build merchant scale, and selling U.K. and U.S. portfolios would free up cash.

A one-page outline of priorities for Trump's inauguration day obtained American Banker includes financial policy items, including firing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, issuing a "reset" of that agency and designating crypto as a "national priority."

The Chicago-based bank, which failed Friday in the first bank failure of 2025, caused a $28.5 million hit to the Deposit Insurance Fund. The FDIC was appointed receiver and Millennium Bank will assume all deposits.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based company launched its private bank in 2023 after a spate of bank failures left holes in the market. "It's not like I'm asking anybody to wait for delayed gratification," CEO Bruce Van Saun said Friday.