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Royal Bank of Canada is rolling out AI across its businesses in an effort to become more efficient and generate more revenues. The Toronto-based bank recently created an internal AI accelerator that directly reports to CEO Dave McKay.
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Ryan Byrd is an account executive on the personal lines team at B. F. Saul Insurance with over 10 years of experience, both on the carrier and agency side. He specializes in high-net-worth insurance, builder's risk, liability, and cyber coverage.
March 19
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The Ohio-based lender is accusing Atlantic Coast Mortgage of stealing customers, while a Chicago bank is accusing Lower of raiding a Maryland branch.
March 19
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For the second week in a row, the 30-year fixed increased by 11 basis points, Freddie Mac found, a result of reaction to oil price hikes from the Iran conflict.
March 19
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U.S. Bank's merchant acquiring group this week named Wally Mlynarski — formerly of Bank of America and a former executive at Evalon — to the top job as AI sweeps over the industry and with fintechs and traditional rivals ready to pounce.
March 19
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. rolled back a 2009 policy that banned nonbanks from buying failed banks, a move the agency says aims to widen the bidder pool and cut failure costs.
March 19
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Brett Tejpaul, co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, discussed how the crypto exchange plans to bring its trading infrastructure to more financial institutions.
March 19
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The pace of applications and closings on new construction fell from January, while the average loan size also declined, despite a period of lower rates.
March 19
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AI's rapid growth also means that even the best crafted plans might need to be adjusted in a few years if not months, Anthropic and Google leaders said at ICE Experience 2026.
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