Benchmarking AI adoption: What US Bank’s playbook tells us
The bank’s strategy for getting from experimentation to measurable ROI is a model others should consider.
Agencies clarify banks may contact customers tied to SARs
Regulators issued a joint statement Wednesday clarifying that banks can discuss facts surrounding suspicious activity with customers so long as they do not disclose the existence of a suspicious activity report explicitly.
How Block added 30,000 merchants to its new network
Block added 30,000 sellers to what it calls “Neighborhoods,” a proprietary distribution network that connects Cash App users with Square sellers. It is a key initiative Block CEO Jack Dorsey first outlined in 2024 as a way to meld the company’s then-separate business lines to achieve network effects.
Could Altruist deal turn Vanguard into ‘the next Schwab’?
RIAs who work with Charles Schwab have long worried Schwab competes with them for business. Could Vanguard’s pending purchase of Altruist put Altruist RIAs in the same position?
Fed’s Williams not swayed that a rate hike is the answer yet
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Wednesday that inflation expectations remain well anchored, suggesting a “wait-and-see” approach for monetary policy.
IBD Elite 2026: Top 10 firms with the fastest growing payouts
Some midsize firms joined three giants of the industry in surpassing their peers among independent brokerages, in terms of the percentage increase in their average payouts per financial advisor last year.
Jack Henry refuses to pay extortionists after data theft
The core provider says ShinyHunters’ breach affected fewer than 10 financial institution clients.
No pause button: Omaha bank inks second M&A deal since June
First National Bank of Omaha’s planned acquisition of InBankshares in Denver comes less than three months after it agreed to acquire a Kansas City-area bank.
Community banks are no one’s stalking horse in the CLARITY Act debate
The claim that community bankers are somehow being manipulated into supporting changes to the CLARITY Act that would benefit big banks is wrong. The threat to deposits from stablecoin yield is real and dangerous.
Prediction markets look an awful lot like online betting
People on Kalshi and Polymarket tend to be younger, tend to be poorer, and tend to lose money on the sites, which is how most gambling works.