Investment

Though she acknowledges pressure to say digital currencies and blockchain are the technologies of the future, Bank of America's Cathy Bessant favors the more practical benefits that could stem from advanced mobile data networks and even 3D printing.

Bank of America is devoting more resources to fighting cyberattacks after seeing a jump in threats amid the pandemic.

Some say Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are too slow to investigate grievances, prompting more complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the big three say other forces are at work.

The bank's blockchain venture with Temasek and DBS, called Partior, creates a wholesale blockchain network.

The Tennessee company said an unauthorized party gained access to dozens of accounts and obtained less than $1 million from some of those accounts.

With greater connectivity and more information being shared about customers and transactions, there will be more potential to generate valuable business intelligence, says Citizens' Matt Richardson.

The technology is simulating the work of teams of analysts and traders to pick stocks and rebalance asset allocations in the bank's newest investment index.

Ken Meyer, who will speak at American Banker's Digital Banking AI & Automation conference next week, says banks should be able to quickly catch up with big technology companies and financial services upstarts in the adoption of artificial intelligence without alienating customers or running afoul of regulators.

The agency will hold an exercise this summer related to emerging fraud risks and one board member suggested Congress should once again consider allowing the NCUA to oversee third-party vendors — a measure that would cost the regulator roughly $2 million a year.

Mainstream attention to crypto and active projects mean it's time to have a strategy for CBDCs, says R3's Todd McDonald.