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Kevin Warsh's nomination to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve passed through the Senate Banking committee in a party-line vote.
April 29
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Blue Owl Capital faces fresh scrutiny from investors and Wall Street analysts with the release of its first-quarter earnings.
April 29
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The Chicago-based fintech, which offers high-cost loans, has agreed to acquire the parent company of BNC National Bank. The deal would grant OppFi a national bank charter, which offers a way around state interest rate caps.
April 29
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The government-sponsored enterprise recorded $98.7 billion in single-family loan acquisitions to begin the year, including over $43 billion in refinances.
April 29
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Bank groups said that although the Federal Reserve's eased capital plans are a major improvement over previous versions, the recent proposals still need changes to help avoid risk assessments they say may hinder banks' ability to boost lending.
April 29
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Plaintiffs allege the banks failed to safeguard names, Social Security numbers and account data after a breach at a vendor neither bank has named.
April 29
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Banks have a narrow window to shape how agent identity verification works before transaction volumes force ad hoc approaches that will be harder to standardize later.
April 29
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Presumptive Fed Chair Warsh isn't a fan of jawboning, but that is actually, exactly how the central bank gets its point across.
April 29
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The payments giant is counting on the FIFA World Cup this summer for windfalls in its consumer and commercial businesses. Long-term, agentic commerce is creating a whole new ecosystem to which Visa can attach itself, Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said on a call with analysts.
April 28
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For the Denver-based parent company of Sunflower Bank, the first quarter of 2026 was not entirely sunny. Loans grew dramatically, but so did charge-offs, with the lender charging off two credits worth more than $10 million.
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