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Instead of fighting to keep the banking industry unchanged, perhaps it's time for banks to accept that change is inevitable and focus on adapting to remain competitive.

As tokenization increasingly brings instant settlement to transactions, the liquidity buffer that batch settlement has provided for decades is going to shrink and then disappear. Banks will need to rethink liquidity management.

The Arkansas-based company pivoted to organic growth a few years ago, after making 14 bank acquisitions in less than a decade.

The combination of the banks is the latest in a trend of deals closing on speedier timelines, and signals the industry's hunt for scale.

When the Swiss banking giant bought rival Credit Suisse in 2023, it inherited an investigation over money the Nazis looted from European Jews. The issue now seems to be coming to a head in Washington.

The Chicago-based, $261 million-asset Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust was placed in receivership and its assets sold to Detroit-based First Independence Bank, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $19.7 million.

Court documents reveal how a teller used the drive-through window and work email to aid a scheme that bypassed TD's fraud defenses.

U.S. Bancorp shuffles management as COO Souheil Badran announces his retirement; Stock Yards Bancorp agrees to buy Field & Main Bancorp; Citi's wealth business hires Mercer's Olaolu Aganga for a newly created role; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh is a relatively known quantity to financial markets, but his embrace of President Trump's agenda and the White House's own contentious relationship with the central bank make it hard to know with certainty where — or even whether — he will lead the Fed.

The Long Island-based bank returned to profitability during the fourth quarter of 2025. The results mark "a significant milestone" in the bank's turnaround plan, CEO Joseph Otting said.