The three largest deals raised an average of more than $136 million.

Fintech deals for banks are in bloom going into May, but pests like problematic levels of relay fraud to bots conducting cyberattacks against banks are abound.

President Donald Trump's shrinking of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau add to bankers' uncertainty into May.

The top five banks saw an average rise in their assets of almost 31% between 2023 and 2024.

The top five banks and thrifts had combined assets of more than $13 trillion as of Dec. 31.

Companies are planning to spend more on technology and artificial intelligence in 2025 when compared to last year, and AI is a choice area for investments.

The top five banks and thrifts have combined deposits of more than $7.5 trillion in Q4 of 2024.

Markets welcomed the 90-day pause on President Donald Trump's tariff plan, but banker forecasts for mergers and acquisitions and earnings remain uncertain.

Generative artificial intelligence has usurped its traditional counterpart as the next growing technology taking the payments industry by storm.

Consumer habits are the driving force behind industry-wide payments investments, be it digital wallet adoption, biometric authentication or payments platforms.