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The Federal Reserve's long-awaited real-time payment system is at the finish line. But there's still some wrinkles that need to be ironed out so it can work with its cousin from The Clearing House. And how much will banks have to pay?

Bank groups say the focus on capital rules in Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr's report on Silicon Valley Bank are misguided. Others say he should have named names.

About $2.9 billion of the deposits the company obtained from the failed Signature Bank had fled as of last week, and executives are forecasting that number to double. However, they say they're "cautiously optimistic" they can lure some deposits back.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in a report released Friday that Signature's rapid, unrestrained growth and inadequate risk management practices outpaced supervisors' ratings and responses, even though the issues were known to the agency.

In a highly anticipated report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says the bank's own mismanagement and an acquiescent supervisory structure created the conditions for the bank to fail.

The Minneapolis bank has launched a special-purpose credit program that aims to help businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans. Borrowers with comparatively low credit scores and cash flows will qualify for lending products of up to $2.5 million.

The Government Accountability Office said that  the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco flagged problems at Silicon Valley Bank as early as 2018.

The troubled lender could fail, get rescued by the nation's largest banks or muddle through as a zombie bank. Federal regulators and the big banks will have to decide which is the least bad option.

The groups also want regulators to downgrade the Cleveland bank's rating under the Community Reinvestment Act. The demands represent an escalation of a dispute over whether Key fulfilled promises it made under a 2016 community benefits agreement.

The Richmond, Virginia-based bank has created a $5 million legal reserve fund with an eye toward resolving a long-running regulatory inquiry by the CFPB

Even as First Republic Bank has sunk deeper into crisis this week — falling as much as 49% on one day alone — shares of many of its peers, including names like PacWest Bancorp and UMB Financial, have mostly held steady.

Representatives allege that the San Francisco Fed reportedly filed at least six "Matters Requiring Attention" or other warnings against SVB as early as July 2022.

The Pacific Northwest bank didn't reveal exactly how much more it expects to save. But executives said that they expect to achieve their earlier target sooner than they previously anticipated.

Amazon Pay — which provides one-click checkout on thousands of e-commerce sites — has added support for Citi Flex Pay, Citigroup's point-of-sale credit card loans, as competition for buy now/pay later customers expands to digital wallets.

Like Visa CEO Ryan McInerney, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach spent part of his company's earnings call drawing a competitive distinction between the card network and FedNow.

A cultural shift at the Federal Reserve aimed at making the supervisory process more transparent may have also contributed to the central bank's failure to detect and remediate excessive risk at Silicon Valley Bank, whose failure last month roiled the banking industry.

At best, artificial intelligence will be a tool that helps good bankers be better at their jobs. It won't replace them.

On Friday, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will share findings from his review of the supervision of Silicon Valley Bank before its failure last month.

Senior officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are said to be weighing whether to downgrade their scoring of the San Francisco bank's condition, including its Camels rating. That could limit the bank's use of the Federal Reserve's discount window and an emergency facility launched last month.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia have come up with a plan for letting banks innovate with artificial intelligence and widening access to credit at the same time.