A November ballot measure will ask voters whether to establish the nation's first municipal public bank. The harder question of how to capitalize such a bank is being left for later.

The Federal Reserve governor said the central bank should consider near-term rate hikes if core-measures of inflation continue to climb.

Joint guidance says borrowers unauthorized to work in the U.S. may present elevated credit risk and urges banks to account for immigration-related repayment uncertainty in underwriting. 

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

Bipartisan pushback is targeting data centers with calls to eliminate tax breaks and ensure their energy consumption costs do not get passed on to residents.

In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list, based on 2025 data from Capital Performance Group.