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American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

Times are changing: Consumers are increasingly using mobile and prepaid accounts, making less use of cash and gift cards. Here are seven trends spotted by Javelin Strategy & Research.

An ex-CEO blasted Washington (again) over Tarp, several banks recruit VIPs to their boards, and an Iowa bank employee gets kudos for helping save a kitten trapped in a building.

It was a wild time in Washington last week, with Jamie Dimon taking up most of the oxygen with his testimony on Wednesday. But there were other highlights that shouldn’t be missed. Following is the Top 5 Stories:

As the mobile wallet matures, it's becoming clear that its selling point is not the ability to make a payment.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

From ideas on how to fix the banking industry's reputation to recapping an OCC ethics runaround, here are the top regulation and reform stories of the past week.

The year is half over, and already banks and payment companies have made big advances in their use of mobile devices.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

Retailers, not banks or phone makers, are the driving force behind many mobile payments systems. Here are the biggest influencers.

Small payments companies can't compete with the marketing budgets of PayPal and Google, so many have started selling their products to other startups.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

Several lawmakers pushing a bill that would assist only one institution - Emigrant Bank of New York - have received campaign contributions from its top executive, Howard Milstein.

JPMorgan trades spark debate on New York Fed structure; Richard Fisher's thoughts on battling TBTF; the CFPB turns to prepaid cards and nonbanks; Barbara Rehm tells the OCC to speak up; FDIC report is inconclusive on fate of lending.

It's getting harder for merchants to stick to a cash-only business model. The options for cheap - and free - mobile card readers are too numerous to ignore.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

The first quarter QBP was a mixed bag for bankers, showing their best earnings in nearly five years and a reduction in troubled loans, but also detailing a drop in lending.

Bankers, investment bankers, investors and ex-regulators weighed in with their explanations for the slow bank-deals market and where it goes from here at American Banker's M&A Symposium this week.