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The New York Stock Exchange busted more than 4,000 trades in 251 symbols due to an opening auction malfunction two weeks ago. Market participants and analysts recommend automating systems and upgrading technologies.

After the scandal explodes, Wells Fargo's former chief security officer embarks on a long journey into the legal system.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated three patents owned by USAA, and some think this could be a turning point in ongoing patent litigation, in which USAA has already won more than $500 million from Wells Fargo and PNC.

After soured loans rose above the private student lender's expectations in 2022, its stock price fell 16% on Thursday. One analyst wrote that "persistent credit issues have damaged management's credibility."

Greenville, in particular, is attracting financial institutions enticed by its growing population and healthy business climate.

An article in the Los Angeles Times provides an opportunity for bank executives to address the underlying problems. Instead comes a focus on damage control.

Proposals submitted to several of the largest U.S. banks seek stronger commitments on reducing financing for the fossil-fuel industry and 2030 greenhouse gas emission targets.

The Dallas-based company is rolling out a national investment banking unit as it seeks to serve clients through the entire business life cycle. It has also promoted three top-level executives into new roles.

The people leading the bank's strategy for EMEA are placing greater emphasis on real-time processing, digital assets, and emerging contactless technology.

The bank establishes a committee with the express purpose of addressing employee misconduct. But as the problem of unauthorized customer accounts grows, it stops meeting.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General found a number of weaknesses in the agency's cyber risk examination program.

Bank of Montreal, which just completed its $16.3 billion takeover of Bank of the West, expects to be able to gain share even in U.S. markets where the firm only has a sparse branch presence.

A plan released Wednesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was more aggressive than anticipated, leading to share price declines at Synchrony Financial, Capital One and Bread Financial. "This skews toward the worst-case scenario," one analyst wrote.

In a reversal from five years ago, six of the eight biggest U.S. banks by branch count now offer the loans, which observers see as safer alternatives to payday loans.

The current interest rate environment advantages banks over their fintech competitors. That can't be allowed to stifle invention.

The scandal's roots stretch back more than a decade. In a corporate environment that doesn't welcome bad news, problems fester.

The Long Island company is closing 69% of the retail home lending offices previously operated by Flagstar Bancorp. New York Community recently acquired Flagstar for $2.6 billion.

In this month's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: Development of central bank digital currencies gains momentum, ongoing lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase and PNC address the banks' liability and more.

The international messaging system is participating in projects that test or develop central bank digital currencies, with a goal of making them interoperable.

One of the few crypto companies to receive a banking charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Anchorage is putting more people and resources into compliance.