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    OCC conditionally approves Stripe subsidiary Bridge for trust charter

    The nod comes roughly two months after digital-asset firms Circle, Ripple and Paxos received a similar green light.

    By • Feb. 18, 2026
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    BNP Paribas tops 2025 target, invests $299B in low carbon transition

    The French bank said 82% of its energy production credit exposure was directed to low-carbon energies as of September 2025.

    By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 9, 2026
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    Artificial intelligence

    Banks’ focus on AI has shifted from a “cool-toys” mentality to one that sees the technology as a foundational pillar underlying finance and society itself.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Democrats urge FDIC, OCC to scrap ‘unsafe,’ ‘unsound’ change

    Elizabeth Warren and other senators accused the regulatory agencies of pursuing “pernicious” changes to bank supervision that would further tie examiners’ hands.

    By • Feb. 6, 2026
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    Huntington hires BNY alum as next risk chief

    Senthil Kumar will become Huntington’s CRO as it transitions to a Category III bank, with higher liquidity requirements and capital buffers and more frequent stress tests.

    By • Feb. 5, 2026
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    ‘These players matter’: BNY embraces role on small lenders’ AI journey

    Amid an effort to train community banks on artificial intelligence technology, a BNY executive said, “If we help them, the entire financial system gets stronger.”

    By • Feb. 3, 2026
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    Flagstar returns to profitability

    Two years after commercial real estate loans sent the bank into a spiral, the Long Island-based lender is “pivoting to the growth side of the story,” its CFO said Friday.

    By • Feb. 2, 2026
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    Florida credit union sues Fiserv, alleging lax cybersecurity

    FiCare Federal Credit Union said hackers breached an online banking platform that Fiserv provides and stole members’ money. The credit union alleges Fiserv then told customers it would charge them for a security upgrade.

    By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 2, 2026
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    BNY dismissed from Epstein case, but BofA must face some claims

    A judge rejected allegations that Bank of America failed to uphold anti-money laundering and know-your-customer standards. The lender, however, will face a claim that it obstructed the enforcement of trafficking laws.

    By • Jan. 30, 2026
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    Why voice-based scams are a growing threat to banks

    Voice scams can cost banks and customers millions in seconds -- why phone lines remain one of finance's biggest blind spots.

    By Mike Pappas, CEO & Co-founder, Modulate • Jan. 26, 2026
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    Big banks continue the hunt for AI-driven efficiencies

    Executives at BNY, Bank of America and others who reported Q4 2025 earnings discussed AI investments – and when they’re hoping to see them pay off.

    By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 20, 2026
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    U.S. Bank exec: Customers will want a zero-friction bank partner on AI

    “The new bar for digital excellence is, what can we do for our customers, as opposed to having them do it themselves,” the super-regional’s innovation chief said.

    By • Jan. 14, 2026
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    Jefferies takes $30M loss over First Brands investment

    “There clearly are lessons to be learned,” executives said of the auto parts supplier’s bankruptcy. The bank, however, saw a 20% surge in investment-banking revenue.

    By • Jan. 8, 2026
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    4 banking trends to watch in 2026

    This year is poised to show how far the groundwork laid in 2025 can carry the banking space – with regard to regulation, mergers and acquisitions, artificial intelligence and more.

    By , , • Jan. 7, 2026
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    HSBC taps BNP Paribas exec to lead sustainable finance, transition in Asia

    The London-based bank said Chaoni Huang would help its clients in the region “decarbonize and invest in new growth.”

    By Zoya Mirza • Jan. 5, 2026
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    OCC green-lights Circle, Ripple, Paxos for national trust bank charters

    Five firms in all received conditional approval from the regulator, though Coinbase and Stripe’s Bridge were not among them.

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
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    OCC cites 9 big banks’ ‘inappropriate’ debanking actions

    The agency stopped short of detailing specific instances but pointed to policy statements from 2020 through 2022 in a preliminary report issued Wednesday.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    PNC’s Demchak bemoans M&A speculation

    The PNC CEO said everyone’s a buyer, and price tags are too high on small-bank sellers. But at the same time, he blasted critics of his franchise’s FirstBank deal.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Charter application boom a ‘return to norm’ for OCC: Gould

    The agency has seen 14 de novo applications in 2025. While trade groups are skeptical of the activity, OCC chief Jonathan Gould is not.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    OCC, FDIC scrap Obama-era leveraged lending guidance

    Continuing the Trump administration’s de-regulatory push, the banking agencies rescinded high-risk lending guidance they said was “overly restrictive” and contributed to private credit’s rise.

    By • Dec. 8, 2025
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    Investor wants KeyBank CEO fired

    HoldCo Asset Management – which demanded that Comerica sell itself, then sued the bank after it did – accused Key’s top executive of waffling on M&A and weakness on capital management.

    By • Dec. 5, 2025
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    Why education is crucial to effective fraud prevention

    The conversations businesses should be having — even as payments technology evolves.

    By Chad Parramore, Synovus Bank • Dec. 1, 2025
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    FDIC, OCC, Fed solidify eSLR changes

    Regulators finalized a rule cutting capital requirements for the nation’s biggest banks – and proposed a separate trim for community lenders.

    By • Nov. 26, 2025
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    Fighting payments fraud through education

    For businesses to truly be able to safeguard financial resources in today’s ever-evolving fraud environment, there are two key aspects of fraud education that they must take into account.

    By Katherine Weislogel, Synovus Bank • Nov. 24, 2025
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    JPMorgan Chase enhancing due diligence for clients in the Amazon region

    The bank will use a geospatial definition of the region preferred by Indigenous leaders and activists, but the change does not bring any inherent restrictions.

    By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 19, 2025
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    EagleBank CEO to retire next year

    The Maryland bank, which has been looking to extricate itself from “asset quality challenges,” paid $22.9 million to settle a probe into allegations of insider lending by its previous chief executive.

    By • Nov. 4, 2025