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Heading into this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed's core indicators are painting a different picture of the economy than real-time measures, injecting more uncertainty into Wednesday's FOMC meeting than usual.

Bankers largely agree that there should be reforms, but don't agree on which ones; plus, our second batch of best-performing banks.

In a recent survey of community bank executives, 84% said they agreed with the Federal Reserve that changes are necessary, but the results show a wide range of views about what exactly those changes should be.

The OCC conditionally approved the lender's de novo application. Upstart Bank's proposed CEO spoke with American Banker about the review process.

President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disclosed that he's been paid by numerous financial firms regulated by the agency he is expected to lead.

The regulator cited anti-money-laundering deficiencies in its decision, signaling the government is keeping a close eye on the issue even in a broader deregulatory environment. That means fintechs will be recruiting compliance experts from banks.

The New York AG is alleging banks aren't doing enough to combat fraud on Zelle, but online fraud might be too big for even the nation's biggest banks to fight.

Kalshi's Head of Enforcement Robert DeNault and former CFPB acting Director Mick Mulvaney shared opposing views on the controversial sites at a CFR event.

Staffers from the Federal Reserve Board and reserve banks took 'several months' to update bank supervisory marks after issues were resolved, a recent inspector general report found.

The North Carolina-based bank plans to make additional monthly payments of $500 million-$1 billion to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in order to reduce $35 billion of debt tied to its acquisition of the failed Silicon Valley Bank.