TD writes big check to a rapidly expanding CDFI
Lendistry, one of the nation’s fastest-growing SBA 7(a) lenders, is getting a $25 million infusion from TD’s community development arm.
Collections fintech Akuvo gets funding for agentic AI
The fintech, which powers debt collections for banks and credit unions, received a “strategic investment” from Vista Equity Partners to expand into agentic AI.
House Republicans call for ‘cross-Congress’ effort on financial fraud
Bankers face a “critical limitation” due to the vast number of oversight agencies and institutions, like social media companies and telecom institutions, that a fraudster might touch on their way to scam a consumer.
How Stripe’s stablecoin techs boost its power to disrupt banks
The payments company has used an acquisition of digital asset firm Bridge to gain ground, reminiscent of how fintechs have honed in on banks’ payment turf for years.
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove Fed Gov. Cook
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain in office pending the outcome of her lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to fire her late last month.
BMO taps another ex-Fifth Third executive to serve as CFO
The Toronto-based bank named Rahul Nalgirkar as incoming finance chief. Nalgirkar, who joined BMO in 2022 from Fifth Third, will succeed the retiring Tayfun Tuzun, who came to BMO in 2020 after working at Fifth Third.
Former banker fraudulently loans $3M to lumberman
Alan Childs pleaded guilty to using straw borrowers and falsified loan records to help a timber businessman secure millions in fraudulent loans.
Fed kicks two bank employees out of the industry for crimes
Former employees at First Horizon Bank and M&T Bank committed crimes by misappropriating customer data and stealing money from a customer’s bank account.
How M&T Bank ensures data quality as it implements gen AI
Andrew Foster, the bank’s chief data officer, explained how he has been instilling data discipline across the organization and making the bank’s data AI-ready.
OCC reverts to tiered bank supervision, reversing earlier move
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will announce Senior staffers overseeing large, regional and community banks early next month, apparently reversing the unified approach to supervision it implemented earlier in the year.