Ripple makes its play as agentic payments get crowded
With the big card networks and Coinbase pushing the new form of artificial intelligence, the blockchain company is offering a tool kit to enable AI agents to perform transactions.
DOJ subpoenas banks in widening Trump campaign against debanking
Federal prosecutors have sought records and account closure data from banks as the Trump administration continues to clash with the industry.
Scam ads used a BofA exec. Now Meta faces the fallout.
A federal judge let fraud claims against Meta proceed, finding its AI ad tools may have helped build ads that impersonated a Bank of America executive.
BancFirst to bulk up in Tulsa by acquiring Oklahoma rival
Oklahoma City-based BancFirst agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for SpiritBank. The deal comes just seven months after the buyer completed another in-state acquisition.
Senate Dems press White House to fill vacancies on FDIC, NCUA
Banking Committee Democrats warned that the Trump administration’s failure to nominate Democrats to vacancies at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and National Credit Union Administration threatens the bipartisan structure Congress established for financial regulators.
Q&A: Why the ICBA is taking a more aggressive stance on crypto
Independent Community Bankers of America is launching a new campaign comparing community banks with crypto companies, and highlights potential harm that the latter could pose to Main Street.
New capital proposals set the banking industry on a dangerous course
Plans to allow U.S. banks to reduce the capital they hold create uncomfortable echoes of past turmoil in credit markets. As regulators contemplate relaxing standards meant to protect the public, they should look to past financial crises.
Prediction markets may not be worth the risk
How much of the FOMO is manufactured?
Why some California-licensed banks may seek federal charters
Rising assessment fees and the fear of punitive actions under newly installed state regulator Rohit Chopra may push some California-chartered banks to switch to a federal overseer, some industry observers say.
Trump picks Brian Johnson, former CFPB No. 2, to lead bureau
The White House has nominated Brian Johnson, the former CFPB deputy and a veteran Capitol Hill staffer, to permanently lead the bureau.