The case for consolidating the Home Loan banks is strong
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
Shrinking the Federal Home Loan Bank System from 11 banks to eight would save members money, improve efficiency and generate more money for affordable housing.
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Stripe seeks Georgia special banking charter
Payments Dive
APRIL 7, 2025
If approved, the charter would give Stripe the ability to process credit card transactions without a bank partner.
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Banks and Strategic Bets
Jeff For Banks
APRIL 7, 2025
Be a goldfish. Or a zebra. In this latest Jeff4Banks.com video blog, I explore strategic bets, a term not embraced by bankers, likely because of the "bets" and the implication that it is gambling. So often we hear bankers object to making what could be franchise transforming "bets" because they are not goldfish. They take a failed bet some time ago in the past and use it as the reason to kill all future bets.
US businesses cling to paper checks
Payments Dive
APRIL 7, 2025
Large and small businesses alike are still using the 20th-century form of payment extensively, even as the federal government presses ahead with digital alternatives.
Commercial Lenders, Playing It Safe Is the Real Risk
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Four of Jamie Dimon's biggest concerns, per his letter
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
JPMorgan Chase's CEO emphasized his concerns about geopolitical conflict and brought up recent culture shifts at the bank in his annual letter to shareholders.
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Bloomberg launches AI-based document search for Wall Street
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
Market data providers like Bloomberg and FactSet use generative AI to boost productivity for their users.
UK Government pushed to create National Anti-Fraud Centre
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Innovate Finance , a UK industry body, has unveiled a blueprint to optimise the region's approach to managing fraud, with the company urging the Government to prioritise the establishment of a National Anti-Fraud Centre.
Cyber agencies warn of fast flux threat tactics
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
A joint advisory from the U.S. and allies warns that fast flux is enabling threat actors to hide malware and control compromised devices undetected.
Nubank launches the Worker's Credit, a private payroll loan
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Digital financial services platform Nubank has announced Worker’s Credit, a private payroll loan for workers with a formal contract under the Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho (CLT) in Brazil.
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CRA rollback leaves banks with certain, if imperfect, status quo
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
Federal regulators' plan to rescind reforms to the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act implementation rules disappoints community advocates, but gives banks clarity by reverting to longstanding CRA rules.
Ripple adds RLUSD to payments platform as usage grows
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Ripple has integrated its USD-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, into Ripple Payments, its cross-border payments platform.
McGeough on becoming HSBC's US CEO: 'It wasn't an accident'
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
McGeogh started in fixed income sales at Salomon Brothers and has led groups in leveraged finance, international securities and global banking. Now, she will lead HSBC's expansion of all businesses in the region.
Kraken expands crypto custody services to UK and Australia
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Kraken Institutional has extended its crypto custody offering to institutional clients in the UK and Australia, marking its first international expansion since launching the service.
State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025
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Jamie Dimon: Tariff policy issues must be resolved quickly
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
"The quicker this issue is resolved, the better because some of the negative effects increase cumulatively over time and would be hard to reverse," the JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO wrote in his annual letter to shareholders.
Juspay raises USD 60 million in Series D round
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Payments infrastructure provider Juspay has secured USD 60 million in a Series D funding round, comprising both primary and secondary investments.
BOE's Bailey nominated to lead Financial Stability Board
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
The Bank of England governor won unanimous backing to succeed Klaas Knot as chair. The appointment will be formalized in June.
Spire launches no-integration pay-by-bank platform
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Spire has launched Pay with Spire, a pay-by-bank platform that utilises the Discover Network to deliver a merchant-branded ACH payment solution at the POS with no integration required.
Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close
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Tariffs pose 'COVID-type' harm for small-business payments
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
The sector includes construction companies and others that rely on materials from outside the U.S., which could challenge lending based on future payment flows.
Brazil to add instalment option to Pix in September
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Brazil’s central bank has confirmed that users of its instant payments platform, Pix , will gain access to a new feature enabling transactions to be paid in instalments.
Trump tariffs risk higher prices and make US recession more likely, says JP Morgan boss
TheGuardian
APRIL 7, 2025
Jamie Dimon believes effect of policy may be hard to reverse if maintained for too long European markets slump Business live latest updates The JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has warned that it may be hard to reverse the effect of Donald Trumps tariffs, which he said would drive prices higher and make a US recession more likely. The boss of the US bank said in his annual letter to investors that while there were some legitimate reasons for the number of new taxes applied to goods impor
Fuse raises USD 6.6 million for optimised cross-border payments in MENA
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Fuse has announced the raise of USD 6.6 million in a new funding round, in order to power infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments in MENA.
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CFPB is back to doing enforcement again. sort of
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has chosen to prosecute only a handful of cases as the Trump administration drops other investigations, claiming enforcement is not mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.
Block scales its mobile platform into banking in the US
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Fintech company Block has announced its plans to provide its Cash App solution as a banking option for US consumers.
What Trump's tariffs mean for banks
American Banker
APRIL 7, 2025
From reduced demand for auto loans to a slowdown in mergers and acquisitions, here's some of the new trade war's potential fallout for lenders.
Flutterwave expands remittance services with Ghana launch
The Paypers
APRIL 7, 2025
Flutterwave has rolled out the Send App in Ghana, enabling individuals and businesses to receive international remittances directly into local bank accounts.
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