How community banks can get in on stablecoins
Some of the country’s largest financial institutions are rolling out stablecoins. With the right strategy, community and mid-tier banks can also reap the benefits of the new payment rail.
Leaders: Regional banks in today’s economy: M&T CEO Rene Jones
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Payment execs on how to get ‘unstuck’ in your career
At a Transact event on career management for women in payments, leaders from Visa, NMI and elsewhere discussed embracing new and unknown ideas as a way to stay vital.
Fincen’s failure to write whistleblower rules damages its mission
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is charged with protecting the U.S. financial system, but its failure to implement a whistleblower program authorized in 2022 leaves the agency unable to capitalize on a key source of intelligence.
It’s taken a while, but the future of money is here
Trading bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is fine, but it’s a sideshow: blockchain is the underlying innovation that has the potential to change the way markets operate.
Community and regional banks are sleepwalking into AI risk
By welcoming AI-driven vendor platforms into their banks, small and midsize institutions are introducing risks that are poorly understood and potentially interrelated. Boards of directors need to start paying attention.
Basel reproposal’s impact on non-bank mortgage lenders
A first look at the capital plan suggests it moves the real estate finance industry closer to changes it lobbied for, but the devil may be in the details.
Forget rate drops — here’s where mortgage volume will come from
Housing economists at ICE Experience 2026 predict mortgage growth but also say the home finance industry has yet to fully adapt to the disruption of this decade.
Why Vast Bank is advancing on tokenized deposits
The Oklahoma community bank partnered with two digital asset companies to create a cross-border form of tokenized U.S. dollar deposits.
Michigan’s Independent ends M&A drought with in-state deal
Grand Rapids-based Independent Bank Corp. has agreed to buy HCB Bancorp for $70.2 million — the buyer’s first deal since 2017.