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American Banker's Rob Blackwell and Marc Hochstein discuss the pushback from state regulators and consumer advocates against the OCC's proposed charter; Chris Skinner and Jim Marous hold forth on fintech.

Blockchain technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prepare, according to Joe Dewey, an attorney at Holland & Knight and author of a new book about distributed ledger technology.

Andreas Dombret, the head of banking supervision for the German central bank, talks with American Banker's John Heltman about the need for international cooperation, how blockchain changes regulation, and the difference between the German and U.S. banking systems.

Irish fintech execs discuss the sector's growth in their country and the opportunities from Brexit.

MIT professor Maria Loumioti has studied loans made strictly using hard data and loans where a loan officer clearly was influenced by personal connections or feelings about a borrower. The results shed light on the value and limitations of "soft" information.

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker sat down with American Banker to talk fintech, financial regulation and the economy.

From digital lending solutions for U.S. community banks to Sharia-compliant finance in Africa

David McLaughlin, founder and CEO of QuantaVerse, discusses how artificial intelligence can improve anti-money-laundering compliance; the problems of de-risking and "defensive filing" of suspicious activity reports; the Clearing House's proposal to reduce banks' AML costs; and more.

A new survey finds that 14% of small and medium-size businesses switched banks last year and 18% are considering switching this year. Doug Brown senior vice president of FIS, explains why, and what banks should do about this.

Jo Ann Barefoot, a former deputy comptroller of the currency, discusses her regtech startup Hummingbird.