Billy Beale, who was hired to clean up Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bankshares after its failed foray with fintechs, has left the $2.4 billion-asset company. His successor is Harry Golliday, who was named interim CEO.

A threat that was probabilistic is now official. An Iranian military spokesperson warned of a "painful response" against U.S.-linked banks.

The payments fintech's Nasdaq debut marks the largest U.S. listing by a Japanese company in a decade and had a strong start despite market turmoil caused by the Iran war.

Noelle Acheson argues that banks' focus on deposit tokens rather than stablecoins is a clear example of the "innovator's dilemma" at work: few economic incentives to embrace the innovation happening at the periphery.

The bank is partnering with a French software company to upgrade its usage of the emerging forms of artificial intelligence. Plus, Ripple plans to buy a local payment company to secure a license in Australia, and more in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.

The e-commerce giant has attributed outages to AI-assisted code.

Criminals are using AI and professional crime networks to scale attacks, yielding massive operational risks for banks, according to a new report from Nasdaq.

Kraken's limited account with the Fed raises as many questions as it answers; bank executives worry about the war; Nubank hires a TikTok executive; and M&T CEO Rene Jones joins the Leaders series

Kim Farrell, former global head of creators for TikTok, joins the Brazil-based neobank to develop its international brand strategy as it expands into the U.S.

The online lender, known for being an AI pioneer, says it wants a national bank license simply for efficiency's sake.

The Salt Lake City-based regional bank has elevated two executives following the departure of longtime Chief Technology and Operations Officer Jennifer Smith.

Cari has lined up five banks so far to support tokenized deposits for transactions such as real-time payments.

Nasdaq announced its partnership with the crypto exchange as part of an initiative for 24/7 trading that is pending regulatory approval from the SEC.

The Beaver State is poised to opt out of a federal law that poked a hole in its interest rate cap, joining a growing list of states to reassert their authority over consumer loan rates.

A House subcommittee debated new legislation to improve bank data sharing and slow down transactions to thwart sophisticated financial scams.

Borrowers or lenders could use the prediction markets as a hedging tool, although experts noted the lack of trading volume as cause for caution.