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Market mavens love to wax poetic about the so-called resilient consumer, but the reality is consumer spending is largely underwritten with credit, so it makes sense to keep an eye on credit trends.

Public comments on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's GENIUS Act implementing regulations highlighted the rift between banks and crypto firms over the permissibility of yield on stablecoin holdings, an issue that has stalled crypto market structure legislation for months.

A GAO report suggests that blanket rules on spousal consent for 401(k) withdrawals could solve "financial infidelity problems — and exacerbate them.

The proposal is part of what SEC Chairman Paul Atkins calls his "Make IPOs Great Again" agenda.

Opportunity favors the prepared, and Cambridge Savings Bank had been saving for years to buy a nearby rival. Now, as the mutual bank announces plans to acquire First Seacoast Bank, it says it's found "the right deal at the right time."

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said Tuesday that the U.S. energy sector is more insulated from shocks than Europe's, particularly in natural gas prices. However, he warned that the war is pushing up gasoline prices, which could spill over into other parts of the economy.

If a card is immediately not easy and safe to use in an external app, consumers will quickly turn to another card, executives from Regions Bank, Pinnacle Financial Partners and Barclays warned American Banker's Payments Forum.

The payments company said payment volume increased, but net income decreased compared to 2025.

Carter Bankshares wants to widen its footprint in the Carolinas and may look to buy a bank, especially in South Carolina, where it set up a loan production office in November. The Virginia bank recently resolved a long-running dispute with a major commercial borrower.

CEO Brian Armstrong said the company will flatten its org chart to five management layers and concentrate hiring around "AI-native" pods.

Ather Williams III, Wells Fargo's head of global payments and liquidity and wholesale digital, discussed the changing payments landscape and how banks can stay ahead during the keynote address at American Banker's Payments Forum 2026.

Dimon spoke Tuesday at an Anthropic event alongside Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. 

Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., said that they "agree to disagree" with bank lobbyists on their objections to their newly released stablecoin-yield provision.

Wells' latest advisor recruiting coup comes just days after it pulled over a 19-person team formerly managing nearly $6 billion at Morgan Stanley.

Mainstream financial services firms moving into the crypto realm are rightly skittish about consolidating trading, custody, lending, staking and settlement in a single provider. The crypto industry is, instead, entering a world of "co-opetition."

The debate over how to define yield in terms of stablecoin rewards feels like the debate over how to define usury in medieval Europe.

The GSEs' financials are strong but odds are against a short-term change to conservatorship that would give stockholders access to their profits, Mizuho said.

Brian Moynihan will continue to wear two hats, thanks to the support of almost 70% of Bank of America's shareholders.

The Justice Department retreated from its plan to appeal a judge's ruling blocking grand jury subpoenas in the Powell probe, opting instead for a softer legal maneuver that keeps the investigation's future uncertain.