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John Kothanek, who leads the crypto exchange's global intelligence team, shares some of the ways the company helps investigate on-chain crime.

Holly O'Neill, who was No. 5 on American Banker's list of the Most Powerful Women in Banking last year, will oversee a new department combining BofA's retail and preferred units. Aron Levine, who previously led preferred banking, is leaving the company.

Decreased funding for Community Development Financial Institutions and the declawing of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are top of mind for bankers.

An executive order requiring the government to stop issuing paper checks is expected to help banks, which have seen a rise in check fraud with the introduction of mobile deposits and digital check imaging.

This transaction, following Rocket's purchase of Redfin, could be the start of the creation of large players to compete with the likes of Zillow.

Here's what bankers should know about Trump's recent crypto reserve moves, Evolve Bank's continued fallout, artificial intelligence and other technology news.

A new survey shows banks overwhelmingly support state laws that let them pause transactions to prevent elder financial abuse, despite shortcomings.

The top five bank holding companies have combined business loan portfolios of more than $2.6 trillion as of Dec. 31.

Hut 8 is launching American Bitcoin Corp. as a majority-owned subsidiary, focused exclusively on bitcoin mining and strategic bitcoin reserve development. Eric Trump will serve as American Bitcoin's chief strategy officer.

The administration's 25% import tax on cars and parts can squeeze dealerships' parts and service revenue, one of their largest profit centers. Buy now/pay later lenders could see a windfall.

The bank's new Seattle hub will focus on artificial intelligence, generative models, and cloud innovation, close to partners like AWS and Anthropic.

The Treasury Department told the OMB that all 11 programs in the CDFI Fund are statutorily mandated. The White House said "no final decisions have been made" about the programs.

The SEC had sued the cryptocurrency exchange for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency. The case was dropped with prejudice.

A new Office of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships will continue the work of helping banks develop affordable credit for consumers lacking a credit score using untraditional methods of determining creditworthiness, the agency's acting head said.

After eight years of delay, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could still make last-minute changes to the payday rule, which sweeps in the buy now/pay later industry.

Scambaiting, which started as a genre of YouTube content, is now a full-blown tech tactic — with support from Australia's biggest bank.

The event Wednesday marked the first time Teng has spoken in the U.S. capital since becoming CEO.

The president's son spoke at a panel alongside the co-founders of the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial the day after it launched a new stablecoin.

The banking industry's march to ISO 20022 compliance by a November deadline has been sluggish, but the messaging organization isn't budging.

The looming initial public offering from Swedish payments firm Klarna comes in the foreground of tariff uncertainties and inflationary pressures.