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The top five banks and thrifts have combined total assets of nearly $13 trillion as of September 30, 2023.

Citizens Bank of Edmond's Jill Castilla is reappointed to Fed Advisory Council; Old National injects $1.2 billion into its existing community benefits program; former Ernst & Young CEO Mark Weinberger joins JPMorgan's board; and more in our weekly banking news roundup.

The top five banks and thrifts have a combined first mortgage loan volume of more than $1 trillion.

Worldline and Google partner team up for cloud computing; Global Payments works with Commerz in Germany.

Tech company Circle files for an IPO; Amazon wants to extend its Just Walk Out technology to hospitals; Pacific Financial expands in suburban Oregon; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

When big banks kick off earnings season on Friday, industry observers will be paying close attention to loan growth, deposit growth, expense growth, credit quality and capital ratios. All five areas will offer clues about the industry's trajectory in 2024.

In addition to Ant's possible deal to buy MultiSafepay and Adyen's work with Straumur, Visa has partnered with TECH5 on government ID and Mastercard is expanding its virtual-card network through Rawbank.

From Mastercard partnering with banks and third parties in new open-banking relationships to PayPal stepping into the cryptocurrency payments market by launching its own stablecoin, payments firms are taking on new opportunities.

The top five banks and thrifts have nearly $96 billion in combined home equity loan portfolios as of September 30, 2023.

Many of the attack vectors, including ransomware and phishing, will likely continue to plague the industry through 2024.

In the news this week: A consumer group filed a complaint against Starbucks over its mobile app and reloadable gift cards, Apple Pay added a new payment tech firm, The Clearing House hired Amanda Stewart as its new marketing chief, and more.

These executives have taken charge at firms like PayPal, Discover and Early Warning Servcies during a volatile time for the entire industry.

In the wake of the disgraced financier's downfall, executives at JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Deutsche Bank have continued to draw the ire of federal regulators and weather millions of dollars in fines and settlement costs.

Here are six luminaries who have won this American Banker award since 2010. Some continue to lead banks, while others have run into trouble.

The top five banks have an average global full-time employee headcount of more than 213,000.

Germany, traditionally a cash-heavy economy, is seeing a rise in debit card use. Meanwhile, Indian regulators accuse several crypto exchanges of violating anti-money-laundering rules.

Bank investors hope they can party like it's 1995, when the U.S. economy stayed healthy even after aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes. But a few analysts are a bit more cautious over whether banks' loan books will hold up as well this time.

The top five banks have combined construction loans of more than $71 billion.

Banks' sales of insurance agencies for eye-popping multiples emerged as one 2023's notable trends. Though the bandwagon shows no sign of slowing, several prominent community banks appear to be holding on to their insurance operations.

Frank, Daylight, Greenwood, Totem and Brigit faced lawsuits, disputes and penalties.