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Kentland Federal became the third bank this year to fail; meanwhile, American Banker today publishes its list of the best-performing small banks.

The failure of Kentland Federal Savings and Loan, the nation's smallest standalone bank at $3.7 million of assets, will cause an estimated $1.2 million hit to the deposit insurance fund, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Kentland's failure is the third bank failure in 2026.

The Wyoming digital asset bank is requesting that the high court review previous decisions granting the central bank 'unbounded, unreviewable discretion' in light of its recent Cook and Slaughter rulings. A decision could impact how cryptocurrency intersects with the standard banking system.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. encouraged banks to heed Fincen guidance expanding the PATRIOT Act's safe harbor for voluntary information sharing between banks to combat fraud.

Trump has until midnight tonight to either sign or veto the housing bill; if he does neither, it automatically becomes law.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's five policy review groups will be composed of a broad mix of business leaders, academics and former central bankers, including venture capitalist Marc Andreesen and former Fed Gov. Jeremy Stein.

The Federal Reserve ordered TS Banking Group to shore up capital at two of its community banks, one of which is already under an enforcement action from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

In the year of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations, it's worth looking back at the long road the U.S. dollar took to global dominance, and the lessons we can learn from it.

Some of the country's largest banks are reportedly considering buying a Fiserv-owned debit card network as a workaround to interchange caps instituted by the Durbin Amendment. It's an idea that looks good on paper, but could be harder to actually implement.

Sony Bank received conditional approval from the OCC to launch a national trust bank subsidiary called Connectia for making its own dollar-backed stablecoins.