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The Attorney General's office found the firm complies with a 2021 state law banning contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The top three countries have 861 combined fintech financings through June 2023.

House Republicans' accusation that government agencies are being weaponized against political conservatives underlines a longstanding challenge for banks: Balancing customers' data privacy and stopping financial crime.

After terminating a $13.4 billion acquisition of First Horizon in May, TD Bank disclosed a federal investigation of its anti-money laundering controls during the bank's third-quarter earnings.

After the turbulence of the banking crisis, here are a dozen ideas experts have for keeping the financial system healthy, from American Banker's BankThink op-ed section.

Front-running schemes by the bank's foreign exchange desk defrauded clients of millions of dollars. In 2017, the Federal Reserve cited the lackluster oversight for failing to stop it.

Most financial firms are failing to see how the natural world impacts their business, but they're about to wise up — quickly. 

Investment in machine learning is outpacing consumer interest on the ground. Here's what companies like FIS and Marqeta are doing while waiting for demand to catch up.

The payments industry produces billions of cards each year, contributing to the massive amounts of plastic that end up polluting the planet. Key players have stepped up to adopt more environmentally friendly options.

Banks handle vast amounts of data, and understanding and making the most of that data is key to staying competitive.

A new state regulation brings consumer-style rules to the small business realm, extending California regulators' ability to crack down on nonbank lenders that engage in questionable practices. Observers believe that it could be a model for other states.

East West Bancorp chief Dominic Ng long faced skepticism from analysts who had questioned his conservative approach to capital allocations — a strategy that has helped his Pasadena-based bank weather decades of ups and downs in the banking industry and survive amid the collapse of other California banks this spring.

Forget special offers, ubiquitous branches and promises of convenience. Younger clients want to see state-of-the-art technology and hear good things from friends and family, according to a recent Arizent survey.

Despite ESG headwinds in Florida, Climate First Bank in St. Petersburg continues to make "green" loans and plans to show consumers how their purchases affect the environment.

Banks like Capital One, U.S. Bank and Santander are updating their floor plans and their menus — often with a discount on food or beverages for cardholders — to reach more millennial and Gen Z consumers.

No matter how good generative artificial intelligence gets, consumers navigating the purchase of complex financial products will always demand the attention of expert human advisors.

A series of deals over the summer suggests growing interest by private equity investors in acquiring community banks. Five such deals have been announced this summer alone.

Consumer loan balances fell in July for the first time since 2020 as banks have tightened lending standards in response to rising rates and jettisoned assets to bolster liquidity and capital levels.

The Alabama-based regional bank didn't effectively track whether some loans complied with flood insurance regulations, according to the Fed. Regions said that it had fixed the issue by 2017.

The lack of affordable housing is becoming an increasingly acute political and economic problem. But a few small tweaks to a Federal Housing Administration loan program could unlock prospective homeowners' potential to solve that problem for themselves.