How Mastercard plans to compete in agentic commerce
Banks, fintechs and card networks are vying for a share of revenue from the new form of artificial intelligence. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach contends his firm has the tools in place and a product pipeline to take advantage.
Digital money can be a fraud-fighting tool
Digital currency can be tracked and if stolen “burned,” then reminted and given back to its rightful owners. That could be a powerful anti-fraud tool.
It’s time for community banks to break free of ‘core’ limitations
Community banks have long been reliant on — and constrained by — a handful of core-banking technology vendors. But enterprise artificial intelligence licenses offer the chance to transcend those limitations.
How a $10M check-fraud ring in Bronx exploited the homeless
Prosecutors say a Bronx crew recruited homeless people and walked them into branches to open accounts. The controls it beat were mostly human ones, standing at a branch counter.
Prosperity blames loan-growth woes on newcomers’ pricing
Banks that are new to the Texas market are pricing loans very aggressively, according to senior leaders at Houston-based Prosperity Bancshares.
How advisors can act as hubs for clients’ lawyers, accountants
By coordinating with a client’s other financial professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, financial advisors have the potential to deliver even more value.
The safety of the status quo is a risk. Here’s how to guide clients past it
Summer meetings might pose a scheduling challenge, but financial advisors could help clients avoid costly mistakes by guiding them away from the common bias in a midyear meeting.
Warsh welcomes yield spikes as ‘change for the better’
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh acknowledged that his limited guidance might have been a factor in rising market rates, but said whatever increased volatility can be attributed to the changes is more than offset by the benefit of a more nimble central bank.
SoFi’s revenue soars, but increased expenses hinder earnings
The lender reported a 40% increase in net revenue, but operating expenses and an uncertain interest rate environment held it back from increasing outlooks.
Banc of California takes big 2Q loss due to restructuring
The Los Angeles-based regional lender reported a quarterly net loss of $251.3 million, driven by a balance-sheet restructuring that included the sale of securities and certain commercial real estate loans.