Comerica received at least one deal offer before Fifth Third

A filing Wednesday detailed a relatively quick negotiation, along with several short-term perks for Comerica CEO Curt Farmer.

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 6, 2025

BaFin levies largest-ever fine against JPMorgan

JPMorgan SE's €45 million fine surpassed the prior record fine of €40 million, levied against Deutsche Bank.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 6, 2025

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Since the approval of Capital One’s acquisition of Discover, banks have increasingly waded into new deals. Beyond that, they’ve doubled down on strategy, from organic growth to branch placement to app design.

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Ally trims headcount by another 2%

The bank’s second workforce cut of the year comes as executives from three of the nation’s four largest banks offered insights into the future trend of employee numbers – with nods to AI.

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 6, 2025

Dive Newsdesk: Kraken’s compliance, suspicious activity monitoring evolves

Monitoring for risk is more “behavioral” than it used to be, according to the crypto firm's deputy chief compliance officer, David Zacks, who noted customers “evolve on a daily basis.”

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 6, 2025

Appeals court denies Custodia a path to a Fed master account

The ruling was not unanimous, and the crypto firm can still petition for a rehearing. It came after a Fed official floated a “skinny” master account with limited capabilities.

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 5, 2025

OCC’s Gould leans away from ‘ostrich’ approach

Under Jonathan Gould's leadership, the agency aims for "a more balanced approach" to innovation and not a "focus on a parade of horribles," he said.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 5, 2025

JPMorgan, BofA flag Trump debanking order in SEC filings

The nation’s two largest banks said they are “responding” to requests from government agencies and other parties regarding their policies toward discontinuing financial services.

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 5, 2025

Dive Newsdesk: Fintech innovation sharpens need for regulatory clarity, MoFo partner says

Avy Mallik, who joined the law firm last month, was previously general counsel of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 5, 2025

Citi hones tailored experience for services clients

Delivering consumer-like capabilities for large companies requires “a mindset of design thinking first,” said Naveed Anwar, global head of platform and data services for Citi’s services unit.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 4, 2025

Fed eyes 30% cut in supervision, regulation unit

The central bank aims to use attrition, retirement and voluntary offers to cut the division’s workforce to 350, particularly targeting management layers.

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 3, 2025

FDIC’s Hill faces discontent over workplace culture effort, job cuts

Republican Sen. John Kennedy threatened to vote not to advance the acting chair’s nomination over “pretty words” but a lack of action. Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed lagging updates on workforce reductions.

By Dan Ennis • Oct. 31, 2025

Judge blocks CFPB open banking rule enforcement

The preliminary injunction in a federal lawsuit enjoins a U.S. open banking framework until the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues a new rule.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 30, 2025

Barclays to acquire Best Egg for $800M

The personal lending fintech last year secured a $500 million purchase facility from Fortress Investment Group and tech-driven investment manager Edge Focus to grow its loan platform.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 28, 2025

Community banks have ‘no choice’ but to be in stablecoin business, lawmaker says

Bank-fintech partnerships are essential to enabling community banks to serve stablecoin interest, Rep. Mike Flood, R-NE, said Sunday at the Money20/20 conference.

By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 28, 2025

Fed proposes disclosing stress-test details

The central bank Friday voted to alert banks ahead of time with stress-test scenarios and several key calculations.

By Dan Ennis • Oct. 27, 2025

Trump taps SEC crypto task force lawyer to lead CFTC

Mike Selig’s bid comes after the withdrawal of the previous nominee to lead the agency, which now has just one commissioner.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 27, 2025

Trump pardons Binance founder Zhao

Changpeng Zhao previously pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws, and then served four months in prison.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 23, 2025

Citi gives CEO Fraser a $25M award, names her chair

The bank is the last of the eight U.S. systemically important financial institutions to consolidate its CEO and board leadership roles.

By Dan Ennis • Oct. 23, 2025

OCC drops fine in final Wells fake-accounts settlement

Claudia Russ Anderson, group risk officer at the time of the bank's fake-accounts scandal, won’t face an additional monetary penalty by the regulator.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 23, 2025

PNC, Capital One embrace FedNow

PNC was a founding member of the rival private-sector real-time payments system RTP network, which is operated by The Clearing House and launched in 2017.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 23, 2025

CFPB deluged with open banking comments

Banks and fintechs aired their arguments regarding the federal agency’s proposed revision of a rule on sharing consumer data.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 23, 2025

5 hot topics BofA CEO Brian Moynihan is watching

The Bank of America chief, speaking Tuesday at the American Bankers Association’s annual convention, talked stablecoins, cybersecurity and the importance of new regulations that “can’t be taken apart easily.”

By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 22, 2025

Warren, Kim want FDIC to halt ILC charter approvals

“A moratorium would provide Congress with an opportunity to address a longstanding crack in the wall separating banking and commerce before it becomes a chasm,” the senators wrote Monday.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 22, 2025

Dive Deposits: Ripple’s 2nd billion-dollar deal of 2025 puts it in elite company

The question is whether the watershed year will give the crypto firm a Morgan Stanley-esque afterglow or one more akin to NYCB.

By Dan Ennis • Oct. 20, 2025

OCC’s Gould details regulatory ‘reset’

At the ABA’s annual convention Monday, the comptroller, more than once, referred to the OCC’s actions during his tenure as “down payments,” and promised more community bank “relief” to come.

By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 20, 2025