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Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

Boards of directors have ultimate responsibility for the health and safety of their banks. The deployment of AI-enabled systems opens the door to a vast array of new risk factors that they need to recognize.

Everything from company culture to data security concerns is hamstringing the pace of automation in financial services, per new American Banker research.

The firm, which is relaunching its signature payment system, gets a branding opportunity and a testing ground in dozens of stadiums and arenas.

Consumer advocates are urging lawmakers to hold hearings on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new open banking rule and whether Congress authorized banks to charge fees for data access.

Both banks are preparing rollouts of Casca's software and participated in the firm's $29 million funding round.

The digital bank is working with blockchain technology provider Lightspark to use Bitcoin networks to power its upcoming cross-border payments launch.

The Ohio-based bank reports a 10% expense reduction within a year of moving its contact center technology to Google Cloud through a partnership with UJET.

Well-regulated stablecoins will open the door to a wide range of financial activities, including 24/7 global markets for any asset class imaginable. Traditional banks should take note.

The growing use of generative and agentic AI in banks is setting off some alarms.