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Wells Fargo fires employees over faked productivity
Employees were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work,” according to FINRA disclosures.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 14, 2024 -
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Terraform Labs, Do Kwon to settle with SEC for $4.47B
Meanwhile, Kwon remains in Montenegro as courts wrestle with whether or not to extradite him to his home country of South Korea or to the U.S. to face charges.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 13, 2024 -
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Banks are enthusiastic about AI’s promises. But can they get customers on board, and will regulators let the innovation happen?
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Synapse trustee McWilliams finds $85M gap in frozen funds
Partner banks of the bankrupt fintech middleman hold roughly $180 million in demand deposit and for-benefit-of accounts associated with end users. But those users are owed $265 million, a court filing shows.
By Dan Ennis • June 12, 2024 -
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Ex-Bank of America lawyer builds female-focused investment app
A beta version of WealthMeUp, an application designed to help women navigate investment and address the disparity between how men and women look at the space, launched Tuesday.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 12, 2024 -
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Robinhood leans further into crypto with $200M Bitstamp deal
Acquiring the crypto exchange would embed the brokerage deeper in digital assets and help it trade a greater variety of tokens in more markets globally.
By Dan Ennis • June 12, 2024 -
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JPMorgan names firmwide CTO
Former PayPal technology chief Sri Shivananda brings with him an “exceptional track record in innovation and technology leadership,” JPMorgan Chase's CIO Lori Beer said in a memo.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 11, 2024 -
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Morgan Stanley CEO outlines AI benefits
Although the proliferation of AI will benefit the lender’s investment banking segment, the technology is likely to be “even more” of a game changer for its wealth business, said CEO Ted Pick.
By Caitlin Mullen • June 11, 2024 -
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Citi’s new tech chief takes the helm
Tim Ryan will lead Citi's ongoing efforts to transform its technology operations, a goal the bank poured $12 billion into last year.
By Matt Ashare • June 10, 2024 -
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Rivals Adyen, Stripe partner with Capital One to combat fraud
The three companies announced last Wednesday that they are teaming up to launch a free service intended to combat fraud and reduce the amount of transactions that are improperly declined.
By Patrick Cooley • June 10, 2024 -
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Banks, AI partners must share responsibility for safety: OCC’s Hsu
“With AI, it is easier to disclaim responsibility for bad outcomes than with any other technology in recent memory,” Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 7, 2024 -
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CFPB finalizes open banking standard setter rule
The bureau will consult public interest groups and app developers on open banking standards, and no single special interest can dominate the standards-making process.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 6, 2024 -
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Yotta CEO: 85K customers lose access to funds due to Synapse-Evolve tussle
The fintech’s customers, who have a combined $112 million in savings, have been locked out of their accounts amid the Synapse-Evolve Bank & Trust dispute, Yotta CEO Adam Moelis told CNBC.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 5, 2024 -
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A Dallas stock exchange? Would-be NYSE competitor raises $120M
TXSE will be fully electronic and plans to submit a registration with the SEC this year. BlackRock and Citadel Securities are among its more than two dozen investors.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 5, 2024 -
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U.S. Bank taps AI to create audience models for national campaign
“The Power of Us” used Supernatural AI’s tech to create avatars of the bank’s core target groups and test the baseline idea and initial creative.
By Aaron Baar • June 5, 2024 -
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Citizens CEO: ‘You have to walk before you can run’ with AI
Banks need to focus on big use cases to get the most out of AI, Citizens CEO Bruce Van Saun said. “If you have a ‘thousand flowers bloom’ strategy, you’ll start spinning your wheels," he said.
By Caitlin Mullen • June 4, 2024 -
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Hackers threaten to sell Santander customer details for $2M: report
The collective ShinyHunters, which claimed to be behind the Ticketmaster breach reported last week, said it stole information related to 30 million Santander customers in an ad seen by the Financial Times.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 3, 2024 -
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Truist CEO on cost cuts: We needed ‘a shock to the system’
Bill Rogers detailed the "discipline," "intensity" and fresh mindset the bank has adopted eight months after launching an effort to "reorient" itself.
By Caitlin Mullen • May 31, 2024 -
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Zelle faces Senate probe on fraud
“The scale of fraud on the Zelle platform is unacceptably high,” National Consumers League Vice President John Breyault said.
By James Pothen • May 31, 2024 -
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Fintech Copper burned by Synapse collapse
The teen-focused fintech had to shut down its bank deposit accounts and debit cards mid-month — an earlier wind-down than expected due to turmoil experienced by its middleware provider, Synapse.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • May 29, 2024 -
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N26 readies for a post-cap future
Germany's financial regulator will drop its limit on the fintech's growth June 1. N26's CEO said the cap has cost billions in lost valuation. But its compliance systems can handle an increased load.
By Dan Ennis • May 29, 2024 -
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Klarna uses AI to save $10M on marketing annually while upping output
More than one-third of the Stockholm-based fintech’s marketing savings in Q1 are attributable to AI.
By Chris Kelly • May 29, 2024 -
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Former FTX exec Ryan Salame sentenced to 7½ years
He originally faced up to 10 years in prison, following guilty pleas to two counts in September. Prosecutors, however, suggested he serve five to seven years.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • May 28, 2024 -
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Q&AHow banks are employing quantum computing
Because cyber risks are consistently top of mind for banking executives, “using quantum to fight quantum” is the most prominent application currently, said EY’s Jan Bellens.
By Caitlin Mullen • May 28, 2024 -
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JPMorgan ramps up prompt engineering training, AI projects
The bank estimates its AI use cases can deliver up to $1.5 billion in value, President Daniel Pinto said.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 28, 2024 -
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Visa preps for US pay-by-bank services
The card network is focused on “stubborn categories” where large account-to-account payments have taken hold, such as in healthcare, education and rent, a Visa executive said.
By Lynne Marek • May 28, 2024
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