Bank technology

Banking relies far too much on human relationships and trust for it to hand over essential questions about perception and judgement to artificial intelligence. The need for human bankers will always exist.

Countries around the world have lots of incentives to build an alternative to the U.S.-centric global payments system using central bank digital currencies. The U.S. must get in the game or see its economic might begin to wane.

The U.S. is risking the status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency by delaying the launch of a central bank digital currency. Adopting a "federated" version of a CBDC could answer the concerns of many skeptics.

The integration of artificial intelligence into financial services demands a human-centered approach. This is both a moral obligation and a strategic necessity.

For the third time in five years, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an enforcement action against the beleaguered bank. It bars USAA from adding new products or loosening its membership criteria without evaluating the risks of getting bigger.

The industry should rally behind the Financial Data Exchange, which has stepped up to help develop standards and governance protocols for open banking in the United States.

Decentralized digital ledgers offer financial services supervisors extraordinary access to information while eliminating concerns about information reliability. That should be reflected in regulatory attitudes toward crypto.

Embracing the integration of TradFi and DeFi through tokenization is not just a trend — it is a necessity as we reshape the financial industry to drive growth and resilience in an increasingly complex world.

Openbank, which has operated in parts of Europe for years, should help the Spanish bank to fund its U.S. auto lending business, executives said.

American Banker's annual recognition of the most powerful women in banking includes two CIOs and the newly created position of chief data and analytics officer at a megabank.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule is supposed to put small banks on a more even footing with their larger rivals. But PNC CEO Bill Demchak says larger banks' advantages in tech and economies of scale will win the day.

The company, which counts JPMorgan Chase and TD Bank Group among its customers, has also appointed a new executive chairman.

At a New York event, industry practitioners shared how they are addressing cultural, compliance and logistical objections to making loans based on bank account data.

Banks are finding that they rarely save money off the top when they migrate applications to the cloud. The more substantial benefits are about productivity and speedier development.

Some of the challenges Bank of Guam faces are unique. But its search for vendors and local talent will feel familiar to community banks across the U.S.