Investment strategies

Concluding the industry faces years of upheaval, BlackRock is poised to become a bigger buyer of assets that banks unload to improve their capital and liquidity.

Investment is flowing out of stablecoins into assets like U.S. Treasuries in response to prevailing macroeconomic conditions, according to Circle Internet Financial Chief Executive Jeremy Allaire.

The mortgage interest deduction is capped, but the investment interest expense deduction isn’t.

With today’s generation of home buyers so rooted in a digital world, how will the financial services industry need to change to meet their needs? What new consumer technology will they need to adopt to meet consumers where they are? How will those approaches differ from how things have been done historically in the industry? Join us in a discussion with Blend’s Founder, Nima Ghamsari as we chat through how banks and financial institutions need to think through these questions.

How technology is enabling new types of payment transmission and what this means for banking.

The Nashville-based institution is still awaiting regulatory approval on a proposal to operate as a subsidiary of Fortera Credit Union.

The company reported growth of more than 103% since the end of last year.

An article in The Atlantic warning that collateralized loan obligations will be banks’ next downfall overestimates the risk of these securities.

Consumers are parking their funds at financial institutions as lending slows and interest rates remain near zero, making it difficult for credit unions to deploy these deposits.

The coronavirus is changing how consumers interact in branches and banking online. Bank leaders should be prepared.

There's much bank executives can learn from the 737 Max and Deepwater Horizon catastrophes, which could have been averted if regulators had been notified sooner.

More digital competition, tougher tech choices and a completely new generation of customers are just some of the challenges facing bankers in the near future.

Wealthfront will add third-party mortgages to its investing platform, while Varo Money says robo advice and mortgages are in its long-term plans.

It’s been a bumpy decade for crypto and blockchain, but both are here to stay.

Banks should stop competing on volume with large techs and start competing on added-value services to win over customers.

A new partnership will let some community banks and credit unions roll out robo-advice platforms without a significant investment of their own.

It’s been a bumpy decade for crypto and blockchain, but both are here to stay.

Software creates a portfolio for bank customers that could be designed to support, say, efficient energy sources or refugees and avoid investments clients consider objectionable.

Here’s why we joined other banks globally in disclosing the environmental impact from loans and investments.