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M&T-People's closing date set, U.S. Bank's WNBA deal and more in banking news this week.

The industry is contending with trading volatility, the economic effects of soaring energy prices and the risk of prolonged high inflation following Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. Citigroup, TD and Comerica are among the banks that have commented on how their businesses may be affected.

Liberty Bank and Texas Capital Bank are among those trying to attract new online-only customers while experimenting with technologies to benefit the institutions overall.

U.S. payment giants like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and PayPal — along with smaller companies like Paysera in Lithuania — have blocked transactions or pulled out of Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Here is a rundown of the regulatory, diversity, competitive and other challenges that executives explored at the Credit Union National Association's annual gathering in Washington.

Russia reverberations, a rebranding, a resignation and more in banking news this week.

Fintech deals totaled $348.5 billion in 2021. Here are the trends causing the record transaction wave.

Bank of America is under investigation in connection with its role as the administrator of a state program that was rife with fraud. The fiasco is one of several involving the prepaid card industry over the last 12 years.

Wall Street gets an automated nonfungible tokens machine, credit union arrivals and departures, and more in banking news this week.

Eighty percent of banks plan to spend more to strengthen their safeguards against malware, phishing and other threats in the next 12 months, but only about half are vetting their defenses each year, according to a new Arizent survey. Read on for more findings.

Super Bowl ads' impact, another overdraft-fees ouster, and more in banking news this week.

Consumers still turn to desktop computers most to do their banking, but preferences are changing, new research shows.

The private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, which agreed to pay $1.8 billion to acquire the money transmitter, is the latest in a long line of potential buyers.

The chief executives at 11 large and regional banks have been on the job for 21 years or more. Here's a countdown of who they are and how they've endured.

People moves, Peter Thiel, AI for bullion sales, fraud sentencing and more in banking news this week.

January was a quiet month for traditional bank mergers and acquisitions, but some big-name firms still struck big deals. Here's a look back at the month's most noteworthy deals.

This elite group of young wirehouse and regional employee representatives collectively generate more than $200 million in annual revenue.

Overdraft fees have been a reliable revenue source for decades, but the charges have fallen into disfavor amid regulatory scrutiny and competition from neobanks. Here's a look at the steps various large and midsize banks are taking to reduce or eliminate the fees, as well as their plans for what's next.

The Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC and CFPB — increasingly under the leadership of Democratic appointees — are gearing up to regulate cryptocurrency, modernize the Community Reinvestment Act and give consumers more control of their personal data. Here's a look at the policy changes they're mulling.

Personalized advice, embedded finance and virtual branches are among the initiatives financial services companies have on their drawing boards for the coming year.