Bank CEO-turned-felon sentenced to 24 years in prison
Shan Hanes, the former leader of Heartland Tri-State Bank, previously pleaded guilty to embezzling tens of millions of dollars in a cryptocurrency scheme that caused the Kansas bank’s failure.
Can AI combat complex cross-border payment crime?
Banks are boosting their use of new machine learning to improve security risk, but securing international transactions presents a different set of challenges.
Brazilian bank finds profits in targeting older customers
Agibank, a closely held Brazilian financial-technology firm, tripled its profit during the first half of the year while expanding its credit portfolio as default rates dropped.
There is some dubious data behind CFPB’s medical debt reporting rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved to ban medical debt from appearing on credit reports, but its analysis relies on a sliver of consumer data from more than a decade ago.
Stepping out of the shadows to take on the Fed
For half a century, the Shadow Open Market Committee has been one of the Federal Reserve’s sharpest critics. After years of seeing its public profile wither, the group is eyeing a return to prominence.
USAA’s Peacock to retire after five years as CEO
The military-focused company, which operates an insurer and a $111.7 billion-asset bank, has tangled with regulators during Wayne Peacock’s tenure. He will retire in the first half of 2025.
New wave of challenges to CFPB’s funding gains steam
Four companies are fighting CFPB enforcement actions by claiming the agency cannot be funded by the Federal Reserve, which has not been profitable since 2022. The consumer bureau calls the new legal theory “meritless.”
‘We need to address this now’: Experts push quantum-safe cryptography
Even as quantum computers still can’t break encryption, the banking industry has been preparing for more than a year to start switching to post-quantum cryptography.
What Mastercard’s layoffs reveal about the fate of payment revenue
The job reductions come as the card network focuses on emerging markets, artificial intelligence and other nascent technology over transaction volume.
RBC says former CFO’s texts show romance with executive
Royal Bank of Canada’s onetime chief financial officer was allegedly in a relationship with an executive in the bank’s corporate treasury group for more than a decade. A court filing offers a remarkably detailed look at how the bank alleges it played out.