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Hackers stole up to 1.5 million credit card customers' numbers from Global Payments, in the latest illustration of payments systems' vulnerabilities.

High asking prices and stubborn CEOs will keep M&A tepid in the short run, but eventually it will pick up — and two or three regionals in the Midwest and South could disappear, panelists on an American Banker Roundtable said.

Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debate to what extent tougher supervision for banks above $50 billion of assets will deter deals among banks below the threshold.

Regional banks are going to have to innovate and cut costs because revenue will remain tight and competition will get fiercer, Matthew Friend of Accenture Payment Services says.

Industry lawyer and former Comptroller of the Currency Jerry Hawke makes the case against further regulation of money market funds.

Big banks' sales of unreliable card records to collections agents raises questions about who's responsible for making sure payment demands are legitimate — and whether a legal or regulatory backlash is on the way.

From prepaid cards to checking to mortgages, simplified disclosures are on the way. For bankers, that means adopting new revenue models — fast.

Regional banks will have a hard time growing revenue and meeting the demands of Dodd-Frank, but they have some distinct advantages over other banks, too, panelists on a recent American Banker roundtable said.

Cash is already at the margins of society. Doing away with it might make consumers demand stronger protection of personal data, argues David Wolman, author of "The End of Money."