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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urged the banking industry to not let safety and soundness concerns overshadow fairness in banking, which he said is an equally crucial aspect of market stability.

Greenlight, developer of a digital banking app for kids and parents, launched a B2B product for financial institutions. Morgan Stanley and WaFd Bank are early partners.

Questions about the durability of community banks' customer bases and funding costs could dominate first-quarter earnings calls following the downfalls of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Yellen focused on the danger of "fire sales," where panic spurs investors to dump assets at prices below their fair value. Among the targets needing attention are non-bank financial intermediaries, from money-market funds and hedge funds to digital asset providers.

Like bank and credit union branches, sit-down restaurants face rapid changes in consumer preferences, requiring a quick pivot to a growing range of digital service and checkout options.

By integrating its new installment product with its widely popular mobile wallet, Apple is more likely to capitalize on spending data than to focus on creating a large loan portfolio.

Talks for setting the size and timing of the assessment are in early stages. Leaning heavily on big banks is seen as the most politically palatable solution.

Financial institutions have a checkered history with students. A credit union and bank point to the benefits of their new products.

Jelena McWilliams, who chaired the agency during the Trump administration, said removing the cap on insured deposits would impact the banking sector in three key ways.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr said that regulators and bank management failures contributed to the bank collapses, but insisted rescue of uninsured deposits was warranted.

The more employees who can confidently tell their bank's story, the better positioned a bank will be to build relationships and earn business.

Some millionaires and billionaires who have accounts with the bank are making backup plans for their account and loans.

The FDIC informed depositors on Tuesday that any accounts not closed by April 5 will be automatically shut and depositors will receive a check in the mail. 

The agency responsible for monitoring SVB was plagued by heightened turnover, among other issues.

Oregon Community Credit Union is piloting a new schedule to address rising absenteeism and concerns about stress among its call center staff.

This year's conference, hosted by American Banker, comes during a time of almost unprecedented change for the economy and the payments industry. The industry's top minds will gather in San Diego for discussions that will matter for years to come.

Speaking at a Consumer Bankers Association conference in Las Vegas, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra said speedy communication channels represent "an opportunity and a risk."

After experiencing deposit growth above 11% in 2021, credit unions saw that figure drop to 3% last year. But some CEOs say funds are flowing in again in the wake of recent bank failures.

The Federal Reserve's top regulator told the Senate Banking Committee that new standards are needed for banks with more than $100 billion in assets — standards that the Fed has broad discretion to rewrite.