Browsing: Banks

Key insights: The earned wage access market is getting more competition from new fintechs.  What’s at stake: Most of these transactions involved bank accounts, creating a need…

The traditional role of an investment banker is to provide advice on deals and financings. But JPMorgan’s bankers recently began noticing that clients were asking for…

Key insight: With a proposed rule, OCC is codifying non-fiduciary trust bank activities.Processing ContentSupporting data: Trusts hold $2 trillion in custody assets already.Forward look: The proposal…

Key insight: Certain large U.S. banks reported an uptick in overdraft-related revenue during the first three quarters of 2025.What’s at stake: Though the increases coincide with…

Key insight: The U.S. financial system’s banking and trade linkages to Venezuela were already scant prior to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, since the South American…

Key insight: Internal communications suggest Marquis paid a ransom to suppress the data, despite stating there was no evidence of misuse.Supporting data: The breach affected at…

Key insights: Euronet is buying CrediaBank’s merchant acquiring unit, Lloyds is set to shutter its invoice financing business and an industry group is calling for increased…

Conditional approval of a national bank charter used to be a virtual guarantee that an institution would open its doors. But the OCC’s recent treatment of…

There is a narrow window of opportunity for banks to position tokenized deposits as an alternative to stablecoins for customers seeking the convenience of cheap, blockchain-enabled…

Key PointsEurope’s banking sector has flourished in 2025, with lenders notching their strongest annual showing since 1997.Now, after a strong third-quarter earnings season, banks must decide…