Risk

Doubling down on what has worked in the past — especially if it's still working now — may inadvertently trap banks into business models ill-suited for the future. Smart bankers make room for change before it is forced on them.

While "Q-Day" may be years away, experts warn hackers are already harvesting encrypted data to decrypt later, making the transition to new standards urgent.

An internal memo from the Federal Reserve's supervisory staff will begin reviewing outstanding "matters requiring attention" and "matters requiring immediate attention" to ensure that they meet the standards laid out in an October directive.

An immediate effort to unload some of the central bank's assets could do more harm than good. Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh should first turn his attention to problems affecting banks' liquidity.

Renat Abramov, a former relationship manager in Brooklyn, bypassed know-your-customer protocols to open accounts for shell companies involved in a $14.6 billion scheme.

Prosecutors allege Curtis Weston and a bank insider used fraudulent loans to fund stock market trades, leaving the bank with $20 million in losses.

Banking trade associations told the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that regulators should reform rules around third-party risk, saying concentration and limited choice of core service providers places an undue burden on banks.

As tokenization increasingly brings instant settlement to transactions, the liquidity buffer that batch settlement has provided for decades is going to shrink and then disappear. Banks will need to rethink liquidity management.

Supply chain attacks have doubled since 2021, with professional services firms increasingly acting as "stepping stones" to access bank data.

TD Bank's Ruchira Ghosh, Northwest Bank's John Fick and Visa's Nikolaus "Nik" Walser, with moderation by American Banker's Penny Crosman

The U.K. conducted simulated cybersecurity attacks on its banks' live systems and found they lack basic patching and identity controls.

Howard Green's new book Gimme a Crisis offers a deep dive into the former Scotiabank CEO's career, from bringing the NBA to Toronto to navigating 2008.

San Diego County Credit Union and California Coast Credit Union, which last year announced plans to merge, are now duking it out in court. SDCCU alleges there are widespread compliance problems at Cal Coast, which Cal Coast denies.

As artificial intelligence is integrated into more and more core banking operations, bank boards of directors need to make sure business continuity plans account for the possibility of AI system failures.

The former chief national bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency sees welcome changes in the structure of federal banking supervision, but warns against the dangers of complacency.

Federal regulators' plan to dial back supervision of community banks is coming at a dangerous time. Rising climate risk creates unique vulnerabilities for small banks that regulators should be tracking.

A breach at an auto lending compliance provider highlights third-party vendor risks and has triggered class action lawsuits against the firm.

As AI makes financial scams more and more convincing, banks would do customers a real service by allowing them to opt in to dual approval of transactions above certain dollar limits.

Passing a federally mandated stress test is table stakes in risk management. Banks need to be proactive about designing and implementing stress tests that consider a wide range of scenarios, with a particular focus on tail risks.

Treasury Secretary Bessent said FSOC is readjusting its approach to avoid stifling growth in moves with implications for capital, technology and mortgages.