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    JPMorgan invests $14M in anti-fraud projects

    Funds will support seven organizations intent on protecting consumers from expensive scams, the bank said Tuesday.

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    White House taps Treasury assistant as NCUA’s next chair

    John Crews, Treasury’s deputy assistant secretary for financial institutions policy, would replace Kyle Hauptman, the NCUA’s only board member.

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    U.S. Bank shifts critical apps to AWS for AI push

    The Minneapolis-based lender joins a growing list of banks looking to upgrade foundational infrastructure to better support AI initiatives.

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    Citizens targets tweaks to boost CX

    Marking his first year as the lender’s consumer-banking chief, Matt Boss aims to drill down on why customers should choose Citizens and the value they get from the relationship.

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    Capital One flags debanking fight in quarterly filing

    The bank “is responding to demands and requests” related to “fair access to banking,” it said. The Trump Organization has until July 2 to refile its claim that the bank politically debanked the president.

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    Augustus receives conditional charter approval from OCC

    The company, rebranded from its previous iteration Ivy, aims to revamp the clearing process to fit an artificial intelligence-native model.

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    Kraken parent seeks OCC charter

    Payward said a national trust charter would complement its special-purpose depository institution, Kraken Financial, which recently became the first crypto firm to receive a Federal Reserve master account.

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    ‘New Citi’ makes its pitch

    Bank executives sought to convey just how far Citi has come in recent years and how its growth plans will drive higher returns. Executing on the strategy could prove “challenging,” an analyst noted.

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    Failed Oklahoma bank’s ex-CEO pleads guilty to bank fraud

    Danny Seibel faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

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    Kraken parent boosts card capabilities in $600M Reap acquisition

    The deal, set to close in the second half of this year, opens Payward’s pathway to the Asia-Pacific region.

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    How Chime overcame trust challenges when deploying its AI agent

    Customer satisfaction rose after the fintech deployed Jade. “Automation and cost savings don’t need to come at the expense of a great experience,” COO Janelle Sallenave said.

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    U.S. Bank takes ‘quieter’ approach to branch expansion

    The bank is prioritizing branch density and working to fix “unevenness” across its 26-state footprint. But it hasn’t committed to a specific number of branch builds.

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    Dive Deposits: Citi prepares for a small-t transition

    After a massive reorg, a tech revamp and exits from a dozen foreign markets, an updated target for return on tangible common equity may feel “underwhelming.” But Citi may be embracing incremental change.

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    Banking’s biggest names are talking about Mythos

    The Federal Reserve is considering effective supervisory approaches for Anthropic’s emerging AI model. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he thinks people need a chance to assess and mitigate its risks.

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    Fed to launch roundtable to fight payment fraud

    The Federal Reserve sees a rising threat of payment fraud and wants to collaborate with other agencies to stop it, a Fed vice chair said.

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    Anthropic deepens push into financial services

    The AI provider is developing industry-specific tools for finance and partnering with investors to gain an edge in middle-market enterprise tech adoption.

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    M&T takes ‘patient’ approach to M&A, CFO says

    The Buffalo, New York-based regional has “a specific number of candidates that we're talking to” but an acquisition “will happen when it happens,” M&T CFO Daryl Bible said Tuesday.

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    Banks, crypto firms battle over stablecoin yield

    A compromise from two senators is reigniting debate over how far a ban on rewards for stablecoin holdings should extend.

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    Hacktivist group stole Chime customer information, lawsuits allege

    Three separate lawsuits allege that a hacker group known as Team 313 stole personal information from Chime customers when it attacked the fintech’s systems April 1.

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    Cambridge Savings Bank expands into NH in $80.9M deal

    Buying First Seacoast Bank will add five branches to the $7 billion-asset Massachusetts lender, and give Cambridge nearly $600 million in extra assets.

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    JPMorgan vet wants to bolster ‘trusted adviser’ mindset

    Ed Pyne, named head of syndicated finance for JPMorgan commercial banking in March, said he wants to “connect the dots” for clients – beyond the product being discussed.

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    Coinbase axes 700 employees

    The cryptocurrency exchange joins a growing list of companies swapping out their workers for AI, following Block, Crypto.com and Bolt in making job cuts this year.

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    Crypto exchange Bullish makes a $4.2B deal

    In buying Equiniti, Bullish gets a blockchain-native transfer agent that could allow investors to engage in 24/7 transactions, instant settlement and frictionless asset movement.

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    Trump-backed crypto firm countersues billionaire Sun over ‘smear campaign’

    World Liberty Financial accused Justin Sun of attempting to “tank” the price of the $WLFI token. Sun last month alleged World Liberty froze his assets when he refused to invest in a second token.

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    Citizens Bank customers pull money over lender’s ICE ties

    Nonprofit organizations and individual customers are pushing back against Citizens' relationships to two ICE detention center operators.