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President Trump lobbied again for Congress to pass the CLARITY crypto market structure bill, but paths toward this Congress doing so are treacherous with few legislative days left.
As banks consider how to expand relationships by selling new uses for artificial intelligence, getting clients to trust the innovation is a major challenge.
Jeff Kesler leads a firm that recently struck a deal to acquire a small bank in Palmer, Texas. Kesler says he's on the lookout for other Lone Star State banks to buy.
As analysts raise concerns that AI could undermine the economics of generous transition deals, executives at Ameriprise, Stifel and Raymond James wonder if firms are paying too much to recruit advisors.
Just two weeks after releasing its planned schedule for buybacks this quarter, the Treasury Department on Wednesday said it's "increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations" for securities dated from the 10-year to the 30-year sector.
Bankers in the U.S. can learn a few things from watching the rollout of the European Union's new AI Act. Specifically, they should notice the gaping hole where rules about identity verification ought to be.
Litigation involving Amalgamated Bank highlights the risks that banks may face when highly placed employees leave their jobs on bad terms.
Neuberger Berman launched a new junk-bond fund using tokenized securities, a process that has been the focus of crypto firm Securitize for more than a decade.
The president has initiated a for-cause process to remove the Federal Reserve Board governor from office, something only one president has successfully done before. But that century-old precedent may not offer Trump much useful guidance in his quest.
Executives at three regional banks that are participating in a tokenized-deposit network discussed how they are retooling their risk practices to fit always-on conditions.
During a court hearing Tuesday, appellate judges expressed skepticism about a Colorado effort to cap the rates on consumer loans that out-of-state banks make to Coloradans.
The Securities and Exchange Commission kicked off rulemaking intended to make it easier for crypto firms to raise money without having to go through the full securities registration process.
Eight pleaded guilty in an $11-million scheme that changed or invented business registry records, then opened accounts as the payee at about 30 institutions.
With recent changes to tax law, non-grantor trusts have become attractive vehicles for gaining tax efficiencies, such as when making charitable contributions.
The stablecoin technology firm and about two dozen companies have joined to standardize authorization and other risk management for agentic commerce.
The aspiring neobank and buy now/pay later lender's stock plunged after it painted a less bullish forecast and announced it will need a U.S.-based finance chief to replace Niclas Neglén, who is stepping down at the beginning of the year. Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström…
After losing money on production in most quarters between 2022 and 2024, independent mortgage bankers have achieved five consecutive quarters in the black.
So far, annual home lending growth is on track to slow, but not stop, with some positive developments surfacing amid broader challenges.
The march toward tokenization of assets includes a storied Wall Street firm offering its latest fund on four distributed ledgers.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing a challenge to Colorado's effort to exercise more power over the interest rates charged to its residents.
In a constantly changing industry, clearing and custody fees defy generalizations. The largest independent broker-dealers present financial advisors with the choice of working with a "self-clearing" firm or one that outsources those essential services.
The printable PDF includes rankings based on the firms' 2025 revenue as well as the number of financial advisors, compensation, total client account assets and more.
The industrial bank charter is attracting increased interest because of the combination of innovation and safety it offers. However, charters should only go to companies that can meet a rigorous set of requirements.
Morningstar finds that active investment managers beat low-cost passive index trackers only 27% of the time over a 12-month stretch.
Account titling and beneficiary designations could contradict what clients write in their wills, undermining estate planning. Advisors can help keep these current.
In the latest example of lenders rolling back their hybrid work policies, the nation's second-largest bank will soon require its employees to choose nonconsecutive days to work from home.
HomeTrust Bancshares, which has been eyeing Virginia as part of its growth strategy, plans to acquire the formerly troubled Blue Ridge Bancshares in an all-stock transaction.
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