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As stablecoins gain broader adoption in the U.S., they will eat into banks' deposits. As a result, lending in the U.S. may be increasingly funded by the wholesale capital markets.
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A bipartisan amendment from Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., would expand deposit insurance for business accounts, but the industry is split on who should bear higher FDIC premium costs.
August 25 -
Here's what industry experts have to say about a risk that a housing regulator has spotlighted through referrals that have led to high-level allegations.
August 25 -
A recent bargaining session was interrupted when union representatives learned that a Wells executive who wasn't in the room could hear what was being said. The bank maintains that it was a simple mistake involving a Microsoft Team meeting that should have been disconnected, but union officials aren't buying that story.
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Scattered Spider, a cybercrime gang whose targets include banks, has seen five of its members arrested for SIM-swapping and phishing schemes that stole millions.
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Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty about consumer-data rights and the prospect of higher fees for customer information, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Scott Turner is the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Synapse $1 for its role in a $60 million to $90 million shortfall in fintech users' accounts.
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Ian Liu is a Client Executive with Global Risk Consultants. Ian is a RIMS conference speaker and thought leader in the risk engineering industry. He previously worked with AXA XL and FM. He earned a Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Sustainable Energy from the University of Toronto.
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