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The Federal Reserve issued fresh policy guidance around stablecoin issuance, distributed ledger technology and fintech partnerships. Legal and policy analysts anticipate a further chilling effect on bank engagement with so-called novel activities.

As part of its resurrection plan, the terminal maker will pursue financial inclusion and growth markets for ATMs as it prepares for its relisting on the New York Stock Exchange.

The $1.6 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that its directors "voted to terminate" Kevin Lycklama's employment. Dan Cox, chief credit officer, was named as acting president and CEO.

The Seafarers International Union sued Bank of America's senior managers and board alleging breach of their fiduciary duty in managing a prepaid debit card program that distributed unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

The deal with private equity firm KKR follows an earlier announced sale of $1.3 billion in medical office loans. The Columbus, Georgia-based company has said it's "proactively optimizing the balance sheet" to position itself for long-term growth.

Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and other committee Democrats told the Federal Reserve that the agency isn't considering financial stability enough in its review of bank merger applications.

The nearly $81 million plan to buy Community Financial Group in Spokane, Washington, would mark the 13th acquisition in the past decade for Glacier. The Montana-based bank has more than tripled in size during that time.

In global news this week, Microsoft is working with the London Stock Exchange Group on artificial intelligence, Apple's mobile wallet debuts in Vietnam and more.

Bank of New York Mellon, U.S. Bank and others are looking at how the Federal Reserve's instant settlement network could safely speed up routing, payroll and billing.

The real threat is from undercapitalized banks, and regulators must require large banks to have enough capital to eliminate that threat.

The Federal Reserve has outlined the process state member banks must follow before issuing, redeeming or holding stablecoins. The agency also says it will create an examination process to monitor novel activities.

The Alabama bank is rolling out an online platform for corporate clients to manage billing-related communications with their own customers.

Moody's said higher funding costs, a potential decline in bank capital and growing risk in the commercial real-estate industry prompted many of the downgrades.

The payment giant's entry into the stablecoin market is expected to renew the debate over the appropriate regulatory oversight for digital tokens. It could also have ripple effects in areas such as the debate over instant payments.

Goldman Sachs told Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that it made $60 million on the purchase and sale of part of Silicon Valley Bank's loan portfolio.

The release of two malicious language models — WormGPT and FraudGPT — demonstrate attackers' evolving capability to harness language models for criminal activities.

Moody's decision to downgrade some banks' bond ratings isn't great news, but life will go on. The bigger and more difficult problem is shoring up U.S. sovereign debt ratings in the long-term.

Seven of the 11 largest credit unions in the country by assets experienced a year-over-year drop in earnings in the second quarter, with increased deposit costs being a primary culprit.

Bankers say regulatory burden, rising costs and intensifying competition will reignite a drive for scale and spur dealmaking provided interest rates level off and the economic outlook improves.

U.S. consumers set a new record during the second quarter, as card debt reached $1.03 trillion. Bankers say a healthy job market has allowed consumers to keep making their monthly payments, but they're also on guard about the impact of the upcoming resumption of federal student loan payments.