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New data from American Banker finds that use cases for intelligent automation are growing across banks and credit unions alike, such as fraud and lending.

Businesses accepting payments in stablecoins on a public blockchain are making vast amounts of data available to their competitors. For the technology to really take off, a privacy-preserving solution is needed.

Affirm and FICO earlier this year took the first steps to incorporate buy now/pay later loans into consumer's credit reports. But it will be some time before lenders start making credit decisions based on the short-term installments, even if holdouts like Afterpay and Klarna decide to report to the credit bureaus.

The stablecoin issuer said revenue and reserve income increased due to more stablecoins in circulation after its IPO and the passing of the GENIUS Act.

The Toronto-based bank has promoted Kevin Li to take over as head of its American operations. He will succeed Shawn Beber, who is retiring.

Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, rose to 3.1%, up from 2.9% in June.

The bank teller, Khalila Cooper, embezzled $34,000 over a six-month period. She has been banned from the banking industry for her "personal dishonesty," the Fed said.

Alex Laipple is chief growth officer at Ethic, a technology-driven asset management platform that powers personalized, values-aligned and tax-smart investing for financial intermediaries.

The CFPB must unequivocally state that consumers own their financial data and prohibit financial institutions from monetizing access to it. No one, not even the biggest bank in the country, should dictate with whom consumers can share their data.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based bank has hired Aunoy Banerjee as its next CFO, a role that will be vacated by State Street hire John Woods. Banerjee is currently the CFO of Barclays Bank PLC.