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Recent reports from JD Power suggest that more customers choose payment alternatives to avoid surcharge fees.
February 26 -
The heads of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and National Credit Union Administration, as well as the Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision, will testify in the Senate Thursday morning in their first joint appearance in the upper chamber since being confirmed.
February 26 -
Noelle Acheson argues that stablecoins can help community banks deepen relationships with their customers, help them explore new forms of capital formation and strengthen their own exposure to risk.
February 26 -
Lauren Tropeano is the chief people officer at Docebo. She brings over 20 years of Human Resources expertise to Docebo, having led diverse, multinational teams for several global, high growth tech organizations, including Skillshare, DraftKings, Cogito, Pivotal Software, and Dell/EMC.
February 25 -
At an investor day in London, Banco Santander executives laid out the Spanish company's new financial goals, including a goal to improve a key profitability metric in the U.S. The pending acquisition of Webster Financial in Connecticut is part of the strategy to achieve higher returns, they said.
February 25 -
The investment broker announced a real-time trading and settlement option for its tokenized money market fund through USDC stablecoins and the ethereum ledger.
February 25 -
In this week's American Banker global payments and fintech roundup, Revolut, Tether and Circle made announcements designed to improve their standing in the stablecoin market. That comes amid new research from McKinsey that says the digital asset is growing quickly, but has not made even a small dent in payments.
February 25 -
BMO moved closer to hitting company-wide and U.S. profit targets after reporting increased first-quarter profits.
February 25 -
Cybersecurity stocks tumbled after Anthropic unveiled a new vulnerability scanner, prompting vendors to defend their runtime protection platforms.
February 25 -
There's speculation about a potential deal, which could boost Stripe's merchant appeal and accelerate its agentic commerce strategy. But payment experts also say Stripe could face a bidding war that includes AI companies.
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