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First-quarter earnings will provide insights into how the Iran war is affecting consumers and how AI is changing banks.

For advisors like Chris Diodato of WELLth Financial Planning, everything from insurance to industry software is costing more these days.

Banks are more active in the digital asset option than stablecoins. Those involved say the appeal is the similarity to traditional banking, only faster and more digital.

Banks are spending more on security for their executives, given the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO; a new lender targets mineral-rights holders.

Several major financial institutions last year increased their spending on measures to protect top executives, according to public filings. The moves followed the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.

Most banks are likely not large enough to not support stablecoins and tokenized deposits on their own, creating a new way for legacy IT firms to compete with fintechs.

The Mortgage Bankers Association found gains in March for conforming, jumbo and government-sponsored loan indices for the third consecutive month.

Jay Plum, head of consumer lending at Fifth Third Bank, says artificial intelligence is fundamentally shifting relationships between banks and their third-party software vendors, allowing banks to do things on their own that they would previously rely on vendors to do for them, like identify risky loans and prepare for exams.

Closing its Brex acquisition adds a corporate-focused fintech and new agentic commerce tools to an already considerable consumer payments division.

American Banker data found that those who upped artificial intelligence spending by more than 25% in the last year saw major improvements in employee output.

Emerging forms of artificial intelligence are moving so fast, traditional IT training isn't an easy fit. New research from American Banker shows how banks are handling training.

The one-click checkout fintech, which launched its own "super app" last year, reduced its current workforce by about 30% last week.

Goldman Sachs comes under fire for its commitment to diversity, and Jamie Dimon sounds like he's running for something.

The investment bank is the target of a campaign by Color of Change, a racial-justice advocacy group that's accusing Goldman of retreating from its diversity commitments.

American Banker's 2026 AI Talent Shift survey finds that most institutions upped spending on artificial intelligence by at least 10% over the last year.

Consumer credit card balances are down, a sign consumers are pulling back on spending amid rising gas prices and the Iran war.