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JPMorgan CEO Dimon warns customers of ‘liability transfer’ with AI
As Meta’s Muse reignites fears over artificial intelligence-driven deposit flight, Jamie Dimon on Tuesday said bank customers using AI agents need to understand the risks.
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The rate turn just put 2 years of margin recovery back in play
The rate environment is shifting. Here's what community institutions need to watch.
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Fintech Upgrade applies for ILC charter
The decade-old credit-card startup named a SoFi alum and longtime regulator as CEO of its proposed bank.
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Citi allows Saudi-based employees to work remotely amid conflict
The bank is allowing employees there to “do what they feel comfortable doing,” CFO Gonzalo Luchetti said Tuesday, as the bank reported $23.8 billion in quarterly revenue – its best Q3 in a decade.
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Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bancorp to buy Texas community bank
Acquiring SouthStar Bank expands Pinnacle’s Texas presence – currently concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – in Austin and the central part of the state.
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Dive Deposits: Trump’s Cook committee is betting like it’s 2025
The White House is convening a panel to re-investigate allegations against a Fed governor. The timing may indicate confidence in the midterm election outcome.
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Why Gen Z, millennials are most satisfied with online banks, fintechs
“A lot of it really does start with the idea that the fintechs are protecting their customers from fees, helping customers to protect their money,” JD Power’s Paul McAdam said.
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Citi hires up in push to overtake private bank competitors
Under BofA alum Chris Biotti, Citi’s private bank is targeting $3 trillion in untapped North American client assets by installing new leaders across the region.
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Warren presses NCUA OIG over empty board
The National Credit Union Administration didn’t have a single board member between August 10 and 24. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know who was in charge.
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HUD probes Wells Fargo over ‘racialized’ lending
Wells’ programs to bolster Black home ownership – put in place in 2017 and 2022 – are “immoral, unethical and un-American,” Secretary Scott Turner said.
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Amex dinged by Fed, OCC; must pay $350M for AML failures
Regulators identified “significant deficiencies” in how American Express' enterprise-wide anti-money laundering program was implemented, in particular at the firm’s national bank subsidiary.
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TowneBank deal shrinks pool of NC bank targets
The Virginia lender is paying a premium for Mooresville, North Carolina-based Blueharbor, and scarcity value makes the remaining banks in the Tar Heel State “quite valuable,” an analyst said.
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Third Coast to buy Oklahoma bank for $240M
The deal comes roughly a year after Houston-based Third Coast announced its $123 million purchase of Austin, Texas-based Keystone Bancshares.
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Fed consolidates bank supervision structure
Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman laid out changes Tuesday to the Fed’s supervisory structure intended “to implement a culture of accountability and clear decision-making authority.”
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Ally CEO: ‘Strategy is about choices’
A narrower focus is driving better returns at the $200 billion-asset lender, although the credit and interest rate environment may challenge execution of Michael Rhodes’ strategy.
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The elder statesman of trust charters makes its move
Anchorage Digital has acquired Routable, in a deal to link the issuance, custody and settlement of stablecoins with multi-denominational payout distribution.
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Top bank conferences to attend in 2027
Connecting with peers and competitors may offer the gut-check that banking leaders need so they can innovate in a way that lets customers and shareholders both prosper.
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Banks prioritize responsible AI, governance as use soars
JPMorgan Chase and Capital One ranked highest in AI maturity considering talent, leadership and transparency, according to Evident's annual AI index.
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Rain, Modern Treasury seek OCC trust charters
The firms join a growing list of fintech companies looking to get into the folds of federal regulation, days after a trade group sued the OCC over trust charters.
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ICBA urges court to rein in OCC over trust charters
The community bank trade group sued the banking agency Friday, challenging the OCC's authority to charter crypto firms outside the traditional banking framework.
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DOJ won’t reopen Powell probe
There’s “more work to do to understand” how the Fed’s renovation project became so expensive, AG Todd Blanche told Bloomberg TV, but the Justice Department won’t reopen its related investigation into Jerome Powell.
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Warren, Van Hollen pressure OppFi to ditch bank deal
Weeks after nonbank lender Enova scrapped its bid to buy Grasshopper Bank, two Senate Democrats are urging nonbank lender OppFi to abandon its own dealmaking efforts.
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Dive Deposits: BofA, Barclays show their populist side
Bank of America is expanding its apprenticeship program at a time of year when it typically would raise the hourly wage for its lowest-paid staff. Meanwhile, Barclays conceded (partially) on its office-return mandate.
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How Stripe, Zerohash alums are looking to speed international payments
Startup Latitude Global pitches faster, cheaper cross-border payments by sending them on modern stablecoin rails.
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Amerant Bank CEO tackles credit crisis
Efforts to change the internal culture around credit risk within the Florida bank’s lending portfolio have begun paying off, Carlos Iafigliola said.
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JPMorgan Chase names next HR chief
Mark O’Donovan, the bank’s CEO of international consumer banking, will succeed retiring human-resources head Robin Leopold in January.