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Banks that kept a lid on their cost of funds managed to outperform their peers, illustrating the fact that 2024 was a defensive year for the industry.

The president's ongoing effort to push Fed Chairman Jerome Powell out of his job are part of a dangerous effort to undermine the central bank's nonpartisan monetary policy processes.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose for the first time in six weeks, driven by Friday's strong jobs report and renewed uncertainty around tariffs.

A district court judge this week has denied allowing four groups — the American Fintech Council, Financial Data and Technology Association, Financial Health Network and Public Citizen — to file legal briefs in support of a rule on financial data rights.

Joe Heck, Zip Co.'s U.S. CEO, spoke with American Banker about recent criticisms of the BNPL industry as more consumers turn to it for purchases both big and small.

The markets are waiting for the Federal Open Market Committee to make its next move.

The volunteer firefighting crew in Kerr County was the target of impersonation scams on the digital payments platform for donations to relief efforts.

David Rogstad, Chief Banking Officer, Starion Bank, speaks with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, about the project that won the award in the Embedded Finance category.

Margaret Butler, Co-leader, Financial Services Industry Team, BakerHostetler, talks about the consequences of new laws and rules for on-chain finance, in conversation with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.

Sal Karakaplan, Chief Strategy Officer, The Clearing House, speaks with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, about what's next in the world of payments.

Derek Waldron, Chief Analytics Officer, JPMorganChase, discusses how banks can scale AI and the winning project that won top honors in the Innovation of the Year awards, LLM Suite, with Penny Crosman, Executive Editor, Technology.

Bridgit Chayt, EVP, Head of Commercial Payments, Fifth Third Bank, discusses what the bank is working on and what clients need now, in conversation with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.

Kristiane Koontz, EVP, Treasury Management and Payments, Zions Bancorp, discusses the future of instant payments, stablecoins and crypto with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.

A pair of surveys released in June indicates that small-business owners have growing confidence, while startup activity and SBA lending are demonstrating continued strength.

As AI and digital assets become mainstream, banks are spotting new opportunities to integrate payments with other activities.

Barclays led the sale, which consisted of three investment grade rated bonds and one rated junk.

Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.

Community banks that could reel in cheap deposits while keeping a lid on expenses were able to outperform peers in 2024.