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Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., will take the No. 2 spot on the House Financial Services Committee, while Reps. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania and Mike Flood of Nebraska are elevated to subcommittee leadership.

Since the pandemic, financial scams have surged dramatically. The solutions to rampant fraud are clear; what's missing is the urgency.

To effectively reduce fraud, banks must transition to proactive, integrated strategies encompassing robust risk management and asset liability management.

Robin L. Spaulding, CPCU, AIC is a seasoned insurance executive with a deep domain background in property and casualty insurance. As Chief Insurance Officer for CLARA Analytics, she advises clients on operational best practices to fully leverage AI opportunities as they transform their claims operations. Over the course of her career, she has done what she describes as "almost every claims job from claim rep trainee to VP." Robin worked at multiple carriers and TPAs along with a managed care company before becoming Divisional Vice President of Claims at Great American Insurance Company. After devoting many years as a multiline claims professional, she then served as an insurance consultant. Most recently, Ms. Spaulding was the Global Head of Claims for Capgemini's insurance practice in the financial services division. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in marketing from Drake University.

A trio of blazes in SoCal have destroyed over 2,000 homes and structures in neighborhoods with average property values well above the national average.

The wildfires add pressure to California's home insurance market, which has faced a growing crisis in recent years.

Women in the payments industry are using the advent of real-time payment networks to help underserved women around the world gain access to vital financial services.

The top five banks with the largest portfolios of home equity loans had more than $94 million in loans combined for the third quarter of last year.

While most of the Biden administration's prudential banking regulations can't be overturned under the Congressional Review Act, late-breaking rules by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's M&A rules could be overturned.

Each year, American Banker recognizes the women who are advancing the payments industry in banking, retail, acquiring, processing and more.