Visa’s local partners fill cardless gaps in business payments
The global card network is working with cross-border fintechs like PingPong to help business customers use Visa to pay suppliers who don’t accept credit cards.
Chime pushes Trump Accounts with financial education series
The neobank partnered with Invest America to launch Compound Combine, in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday evening with the support of the the Treasury Department, Council for Economic Education and New York Giants and New York Jets football players.
Gov. Abbott declares Texas the ‘financial capital of America’
Governor Greg Abbott proclaimed Texas the “financial capital of America” at the Texas Bankers Association’s annual convention; Columbus, Ohio-based Northwest Bank named Chad Ballard chief information officer; Deutsche Bank terminated some staff as a result of its client relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; and more in this week’s banking news roundup.
Unprofitable Indiana community bank hit with consent order
Farmers and Mechanics Federal Savings Bank in Bloomfield, Indiana, last turned a profit in 2023.
SEC’s Atkins touts coordination with CFTC
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said his agency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are working together to usher in a friendlier regulatory environment for technology and crypto firms, a marked departure from the interagency dynamic under President Biden.
Merchants ask OCC to reverse swipe fee preemption
Retailers say the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s move to preempt an Illinois law undermines states’ powers to curb interchange fees charged in their jurisdictions and perpetuates a system that raises costs for businesses and consumers.
Commercial cards are booming. How can banks take advantage?
Silent attrition and low small business adoption are among the challenges to banks’ corporate card business.
Foreclosure inventory rises in 1Q to six-year high
The total delinquency rate rose 0.2 percentage points annually in March, with the share of loans 90 days late rising out of the range they were in since 2024.
Rate may allow some refinance loans to skip title policy
The test of automated risk assessments for government-sponsored enterprise-eligible mortgages are designed to help determine when waivers might be possible.
ECB tells banks to speed tech fixes as AI shrinks the clock
The eurozone’s top bank supervisor is the latest to act on artificial intelligence’s impact on cyber risk, even as U.S. regulators set no formal expectations.