PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.
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Kahini Shah is a behavioral researcher at Duke University. Her work primarily focuses on leveraging insights from human behavior to design products and systems that promote financial wellbeing. She has worked on projects across the globe to help people build wealth, increase their savings, and reduce their debt.
April 9
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Congressional Review Act resolutions to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overdraft and larger participant rules now go to President Trump for his signature.
April 9
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President Trump placed a 90-day pause on most of his sweeping tariff package, but for banks and other financial market participants, the threat of volatility remains.
April 9
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The Bank of Lithuania contends the U.S. fintech broke anti-money-laundering rules; while British contactless payments hit a record. That and more in the American Banker global payments roundup.
April 9
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A federal appeals court panel seemed open to accommodating the Trump administration by putting some conditions on a preliminary injunction that has blocked it from reductions in force at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
April 9
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman has been a crucial ally for community banks. With her impending rise to regulatory vice chair, small banks worry about losing their direct access to the Fed's board of governors.
April 9
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Three U.S. agencies lack a "comprehensive, government-wide strategy," according to a report that echoes complaints banks have made for years.
April 9
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The London bank is using Google's Vertex AI platform within Google Cloud to create generative AI models for customers and staff.
April 9
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Michelle Bonat is the chief AI officer at AI Squared, with a history of leadership roles in AI and technology, including AI CTO at JPMorgan Chase and head of AI Innovation at Chase. She led global engineering and product initiatives at Oracle across 30 countries and founded a fintech startup. A patent holder and hands-on data scientist always experimenting with the next new innovation, Michelle also drove product leadership at three companies that were acquired including Ariba (acquired by SAP).
April 9
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Acquiring Raptor Partners positions the Pittsburgh-based bank to offer advice to its middle-market and corporate clients, according to CEO Vincent Delie.
April 9
