Banco Santander has completed its purchase of Webster Financial. It plans to take the integration process slowly in order to avoid customer disruptions.
T-shaped teams help banks measure AI impact by defining outcomes upfront, tracing results to AI and rolling them into business impact at the enterprise level.
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Jennifer Barker, the bank's global head of payments & trade and depository receipts, says people are more worried about the outcome than how transactions occur. That creates a greater bank role for intelligent routing or payment facilitation, where customers automatically get the best option with little work on the front end.
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As banks consider how to expand relationships by selling new uses for artificial intelligence, getting clients to trust the innovation is a major challenge.
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The stablecoin technology firm and about two dozen companies have joined to standardize authorization and other risk management for agentic commerce.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing a challenge to Colorado's effort to exercise more power over the interest rates charged to its residents.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on CNBC Thursday that he and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought have been tasked with developing a fiscal plan to reduce government spending.
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United Bank and Five Points Bank, both ranked among the top-performing banks by Capital Performance Group, said they have stayed in the mortgage business because they see it as a way to build strong relationships in the communities they serve.
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In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list in the $10-$50 billion range, based on data from Capital Performance Group.
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A recipe of no securities, mostly adjustable-rate loans and a cheap rural deposit base made the Texas bank the top performer in the $2 billion-$10 billion asset class.
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The Trump administration's refusal to release funds appropriated by Congress for community development financial institutions is actively damaging programs that serve low-income Americans.
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Bankers in the U.S. can learn a few things from watching the rollout of the European Union's new AI Act. Specifically, they should notice the gaping hole where rules about identity verification ought to be.
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The industrial bank charter is attracting increased interest because of the combination of innovation and safety it offers. However, charters should only go to companies that can meet a rigorous set of requirements.
There's been an onslaught of nonbank financial technology company charter applications and approvals already this year.
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Industry consultants recommend steps RIAs in Schwab's referral network can take if they're worried about competition for clients.
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As analysts raise concerns that AI could undermine the economics of generous transition deals, executives at Ameriprise, Stifel and Raymond James wonder if firms are paying too much to recruit advisors.
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With recent changes to tax law, non-grantor trusts have become attractive vehicles for gaining tax efficiencies, such as when making charitable contributions.
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After losing money on production in most quarters between 2022 and 2024, independent mortgage bankers have achieved five consecutive quarters in the black.
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So far, annual home lending growth is on track to slow, but not stop, with some positive developments surfacing amid broader challenges.
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A 10-state coalition is asking a federal court to put a halt to the OCC's rules which pre-empt laws on banks paying interest on mortgage escrow deposits.
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Just two weeks after releasing its planned schedule for buybacks this quarter, the Treasury Department on Wednesday said it's "increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations" for securities dated from the 10-year to the 30-year sector.
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Eight pleaded guilty in an $11-million scheme that changed or invented business registry records, then opened accounts as the payee at about 30 institutions.
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The aspiring neobank and buy now/pay later lender's stock plunged after it painted a less bullish forecast and announced it will need a U.S.-based finance chief to replace Niclas Neglén, who is stepping down at the beginning of the year. Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström will also end his nine-year tenure at the fintech.
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The printable PDF includes rankings based on the firms' 2025 revenue as well as the number of financial advisors, compensation, total client account assets and more.
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In a constantly changing industry, clearing and custody fees defy generalizations. The largest independent broker-dealers present financial advisors with the choice of working with a "self-clearing" firm or one that outsources those essential services.
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