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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumers’ credit card debt rose nearly 5% in the fourth quarter, compared to the third quarter, adding to delinquencies as well.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Daniel Norris, Elio Cucullo and Vasilis Jacovides When borrowers enter a fixed-rate mortgage, lenders test whether they could continue to afford their mortgage if interest rates were to increase by the time it comes to re-fix. This ‘stressing’ is designed to create additional resilience for borrowers and the financial system. Over the last two years, mortgage rates have increased by over four percentage points, raising the cost of repayments for those re-fixing.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The processing and acquiring company, which seeks a “very specific” special bank charter, doesn’t intend to compete with its financial institution partners, Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano said Tuesday.

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Ublocal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Elastos has partnered with The Metaverse Bank (TMB) to deliver decentralised digital ID services, to enable users to verify any form of personal credential securely.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Several national and Texas banking and business trade groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the final regulations (Final Rules) implementing the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) that were jointly adopted in October 2023 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Federal Reserve Board (Agencies). .

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The top five banks and thrifts have more than $1 trillion in combined commercial and industrial loans as of September 30, 2023.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Maria Mason, enterprise product manager at Citizens Bank, will speak at Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024 about strategies for automating real-time payments (RTP). Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024 takes place March 18-19 at the Omni Nashville in Nashville, Tenn., and brings together industry experts to discuss innovation in real-time payments, AI, RPA and more.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Anne Clarke Wolff, a longtime Most Powerful Women in Banking honoree, on why she left big banking to start her own investment bank advisory firm.

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Alessandro DiNello, new executive chairman of regional US lender, acknowledges ‘serious situation’ as stock at lowest level in decades Shares in New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) continued to fall on Wednesday, heightening unease about the US’s regional banking sector. The bank’s stock has fallen by more than 60% to its lowest level in decades in recent days despite a scramble by the mid-sized lender to reassure investors of its financial strength.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The San Francisco-based electronic signature company's chief executive Allan Thygesen announced Tuesday that roughly 400 employees across the company were being let go as part of restructuring for the 2025 fiscal year.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

BNY Mellon has expanded its use of Microsoft for cloud services and AI models, according to a Feb. 5 release from the bank.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Financial institutions' fintech partnerships are facing higher levels of scrutiny. More consistent and direct monitoring of their partners can put them in a better position.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Jack Henry updated its tech modernization strategy during its fiscal second quarter, the technology provider announced during its earnings call today.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

CEO Alex Chriss told analysts the company's AI-heavy product rollouts won't improve financial results in the near-term.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Jack Henry updated its tech modernization strategy during its fiscal second quarter, the technology provider announced during its earnings call today.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Just weeks ago, prospects seemed strong for bank stocks to regain ground after a volatile 2023. But renewed credit concerns stemming from issues at New York Community Bancorp, and the increasing odds that interest rates will remain high for months, have dampened that outlook.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

UK-based financial services provider Ebury has launched a new solution for direct transactions between the Brazilian real and the Chinese yuan.

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Payments 54

American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The regional bank announced a leadership shakeup on Wednesday, capping a tumultuous week in which shareholders became spooked about its exposure to the commercial real estate sector.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

UK-based embedded finance partner for brands, Aro has announced its collaboration with Equifax in order to deliver a new data-driven marketplace.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As virtual assistants become central to banking, financial institutions of all sizes must embrace and leverage this transformation to redefine the customer experience.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Germany-based Commerzbank AG has announced its partnership with Surecomp to deploy its DOKA-NG tool for back-office trade finance processing across several entities.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a bid for scale and diversification, Illinois-based Empeople Credit Union said it would expand in Wisconsin with the planned acquisition of TSB Bank.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

US-based bank Wells Fargo has partnered with Setpoint , a financial services provider, to enable the latter to expand its payment disbursement capabilities.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Banks historically have been averse to challenging their regulators in court, but a suit over the recently finalized Community Reinvestment Act implementation rules is a signal that the times have changed.

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